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 Then the son came to a big cloud rising out of the ocean. That was Southeast's house.

When North's son reached there, Southeast's daughter was sitting in front of the house. North's son sat down beside her.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"I have come to marry you," he replied.

"I will tell my mother," she said.

Now Southeast and his wife were much pleased with them both. By and by North's son told his wife he wanted to go away. "You must go also," said Southeast to his daughter.

When they were about to leave, Southeast gave his daughter some directions. "When North speaks, and you are cold, call to me," he said.

Now they came to North's house. When he saw them he took them into the house. After a while, North said, "What does your wife eat?"

"She eats nothing but limpets," said the son.

Now North's house was floored with ice, but it was warm. In front of his house it was sandy, and there were broad ebb-tide flats. After Southeast's daughter had been there a while, she went out of the house for a short walk. As she went, she pulled off an icicle hanging from the wall of the house. Then North groaned. When she went in, she ate it. After a while she went