The top is made of strips of sealskin. It has
a back for the boy or girl to lean against. Dogs draw the sled across
the snow. But the Eskimos also have sleds made of ice. I think you
would like an ice sled. Oh, how fast it runs over the snow! The boys
and girls have fine fun with these sleds!
They play a nice game in the snow with their sleds. I will tell you
about it. Do you know what a reindeer is? It is like a deer, but it
has long, branching horns. The horns are called antlers. When the
Eskimos kill a reindeer for meat, the boys and girls get the antlers.
They set these antlers up in the snow on a hillside. They leave spaces
between the antlers. Then the boys and girls get on their sleds and
slide down the hill. They must go between the antlers, but must not
touch them. Sometimes the boys and girls have bows and arrows. They
try to hit the antlers with their arrows. This is very hard, but it is
great fun. Do you think you could do this?
The boys have boats made of long, thin bones covered with skins. These
sail very well on the water. The boys use paddles to move the boats.
A paddle is like an oar. The boys sometimes go in their boats to help
their fathers catch fish.
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