Animal Stories Of The North

Translated by Fainna Solasko
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Illustrated by Y.Rachov

Foxy Vixen

A Koryak Story

One day, as Vixen was sitting on the shore wondering how to get some fresh fish for dinner, a log with two seagulls perched on it floated by.

"What're you doing there?" Vixen shouted.

"We're fishing."

"Can I join you?"

"All right Jump!"

Animal Stories Of The North

Vixen leaped. The log turned, making the seagulls fly away.

Vixen landed in the water. The current carried her downstream into the sea. Now there was water everywhere.

"You, paws! Be my oars! You, tail! Be my rudder!" Vixen said.

Soon she was sailing along as if she were in a boat: rowing with her paws and steering with her tail. But she'd forgotten to tell her tail to steer towards shore. It was steering out to sea.

Vixen paddled along, going farther and farther away from the shore, until she finally reached the middle of the sea. She had no idea which way to go from there. That was when she spotted Seal.

"How come you're so far out, Vixen? Are you lost in our sea? You'll never reach shore from here," Seal said.

"I know exactly where I'm going, Seal. I want to see whether there are any animals left in the sea. I've heard there are hardly any of you left."

"You're wrong," Seal said. "There are still many animals in the sea. There are seals like me, and walruses and whales."

"You don't say? But seeing is believing, you know. You animals all come to the surface and form a line back to the shore. Then I'll count you."

Soon all the seals and whales, and walruses surfaced and formed a line right up to the shore.

Vixen ran along their backs as if she were crossing a bridge. As she ran she counted aloud, "One seal, two seals, three seals. One walrus, two walruses, three walruses. One whale, two whales, three whales."

Animal Stories Of The North

She kept on counting until she reached shore. Once there, she it shouted, "You were right, Seal! There are still a lot of silly animals in the sea. Enough to make a bridge of you across the water. You can all swim off now. I'm going to rest a while."

The animals of the sea swam away. Vixen took off her fur coat and hung it on a bush to dry. Then she spread her tail out on a rock so that it could dry, too.

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