The Lapps eat a good deal of meat. Their meat is the flesh of the
reindeer. They are very fond of fat. All people who live in very cold
countries eat a great deal of fat. It helps to keep them warm. The
Lapps also have milk and cheese. They eat rye bread and fish and
berries. They drink coffee.
[Illustration: A White Bear.]
In winter they have to melt snow in a pot over the fire to get water.
The rivers and lakes are all frozen.
The Lapps cook their food in a large pot over the fire. They sit
around the fire to eat. The father takes a piece of meat out of the
pot. Then he serves a piece to each. The Lapps use no forks. They
use their fingers instead.
In some places they have a funny way of storing their food. They make
a little log house on the top of a post. They have a ladder to go up
to it. In this little house they store cheese and milk and other
things. Then wild animals cannot reach them.
[Illustration: A Lapland Wolf.]
There are bears and wolves and foxes in Lapland. These animals are
sometimes very fierce. They would come into the people's tents and
houses at night, were it not for the dogs. Nearly every person has a
dog.
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