A Raven and an Arctic fox
A raven and an Arctic fox were neighbors.
The raven used to get up early in the morning to go to fishing and hunting.
Once upon a time on his long, long way to fishing and hunting he finds a huge iaranga (chukchie dwelling made of sturdy beams and reindeer skin), the entrance to which is closed.
He climbs on the top of the dwelling and peeps into the hole, and sees there a large herd of deer.
Right next to it there is a woman currying skin (getting it ready to be used for clothes, etc).
The raven chose a calf to be his bag.
After he’d spat on the calf, it died right away.
She noticed the dead calf and threw it away.
He picked up his bag and dragged it to his house.
While cooking his meal, the Arctic fox, the Raven's neighbor, scented the smell of the meal and decided to find out the way to get food asking his neighbor.
Next day the Arctic fox found the huge iaranga with the woman and her large herd.
The Arctic fox was so greed that he chose the biggest deer.
He spat on the deer so it died.
Again, the woman noticed the dead deer and threw it away.
The Arctic fox occurred at once.
But the bag was so big that it was unbearable for him to drag it.
And he shouted for help.
Having heard someone’s voice, the woman came out from the iaranga and saw the Arctic fox.
She stroked him with a timber, and the Arctic fox ran out of sight.
Since that time Arctic fox eats only carrion.
September 2015
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