How to Build an
Igloo
Easy to build once you know how. Two Eskimos admire the wooden buildings
of the white man. Like all good architects they use the materials found
around them. A row of heel marks.. the Eskimo knows his snow. His need
is for a temporary home, familiar, rounded beehive shape. No covers. Perspire
freely. Ticklish jaw. Chinking. Caribou sleeping robes. Extra skin. Like
the man who paints himself into a corner. A chosen spot on the snow. Igloomaslo
says Akioutok. It is warm, this is my home.
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