The Following Year
The following year, when his parents and people traveled to the spring camp, a beautifully carved canoe and paddle were waiting on the shore. In the canoe was the box in which the parents had placed the boy's carving tools.
After that, each spring, a new canoe and paddle were always waiting. And each year they were more beautifully made, more wonderfully painted and carved. And it eased the pain of missing him just a bit. For paddling those canoes, the parents and all the People could feel the joy of that boy who went to live with the seals.
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