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    An old hunter waits patiently by a seal breathing hole to strike with his harpoon. Nearby, some children are playing loudly and their noises twice scare away the seal before the hunter can strike. Angry, the hunter wishes for snow to fall from a cliff and bury the children. His magic powers cause an avalanche that swallows the children. When the parents seek revenge, the hunter uses his magic again to lift into the sky and transform into a shooting star.

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    An old hunter waits patiently by a seal breathing hole to strike with his harpoon. Nearby, some children are playing loudly and their noises twice scare away the seal before the hunter can strike. Angry, the hunter wishes for snow to fall from a cliff and bury the children. His magic powers cause an avalanche that swallows the children. When the parents seek revenge, the hunter uses his magic again to lift into the sky and transform into a shooting star.

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    An old hunter waits patiently by a seal breathing hole to strike with his harpoon. Nearby, some children are playing loudly and their noises twice scare away the seal before the hunter can strike. Angry, the hunter wishes for snow to fall from a cliff and bury the children. His magic powers cause an avalanche that swallows the children. When the parents seek revenge, the hunter uses his magic again to lift into the sky and transform into a shooting star.

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    THE HUNTER AND THE CHILDREN

    I (1 go) to tell you an Eskimo story. Nobody (2 know) how long the

    Eskimos (3 live) in northern Canada on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Their life (4

    be) usually very hard and although it (5 become) a little easier with the arrival of electricity

    and other modern conveniences, it (6 still/dominate) by the harsh climate and the need
    to hunt for food. Before the time of supermarkets and imported food, in winter the only way to get fresh

    meat (7 be) by killing a seal. Seals (8 spend) most of their time swimming in the water

    under the ice but from time to time they (9 have) to put their noses through a hole in the ice so

    that they can breathe. This (10 be) the moment when a patient hunter could strike at the seal with

    his weapon, a harpoon. This story (11 be) about one of these hunters. (12

    You/sit) comfortably? Then I (13 begin).

    One day an old man (14 go) seal hunting on the ice a short distance from the land. Near to his

    chosen hunting spot there (15 be) a steep cliff, on top of which there (16 be) a high bank

    of snow. Below this cliff some children (17 laugh) and (18 shout) while

    they (19 play) a game.

    The hunter (20 wait) silent and motionless beside a breathing hole where he (21 see) a

    seal the day before. For a long time nothing (22 happen); then he (23 hear) the sound

    of a seal breathing. Just as he (24 raise) his harpoon, ready to strike, the

    silence (25 break)! The noise of the children playing at the foot of the cliff (26

    distract) the old man and (27 warn) the seal, which (28 escape).

    The old man (29 lower) his harpoon in a bad mood and (30 grumble), 'Those children!

    I wish they (31 not be) so noisy. If only they 32 not shout) just then. I hope the

    cliff of snow (33 fall and 34 bury) them!'

    Once more the hunter (35 wait) by the breathing hole. Again the seal (36 return). And

    again just as the hunter (37 go) to strike, the children (38 burst) out laughing and the

    seal (39 get) away unharmed.

    The old hunter now (40 call) upon his magic powers. He (41 speak) to the spirits

    which (42 bring) bad luck: 'When the children (43 shout) again, send snow to bury
    them!'

    Suddenly an avalanche of snow (44 fall) from the top of the cliff and (45 swallow) the

    children. Their cries (46 hear) for a long time, but gradually they (47 grow) weaker

    until at last everyone (48 be) silent.

    When the parents of the children (49 realise) what (50 happen) they (51

    want) revenge. Just as they (52 go) to catch him, the old man (53 call) upon his

    magic powers one last time and (54 lift) himself into the air. The parents (55 watch) him

    rise into the sky and turn into a shooting star. On a clear night, if you (56 look) carefully,

    you (57still/see) the old man running away across the sky.

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