Okay, here is a story from the Labrador Eskimos.... I hope you all enjoy it! ^_^
Once there was a hunter who lived all alone. One day after being away hunting for a while, he had found that upon his return that his place had apparently been visited, and everything put in order as though a dutiful wife had done so. This happened rather often, after a while, but with no visible signs or tracks that the man could find. Finally one day, he had decided to watch and see who would scrape his skin clothing and boots, hang them out to dry, and cook nice hot food ready to be eaten when he returned.
One day he went away as though going off on a hunt, but secretly hid himself so as to see if anyone would enter his house.
After a while, he saw a fox enter the place. He figured that the fox was after food, so he quietly sneaked up to the house, and upon entering, he saw a most beautiful woman dressed in skin clothing of wondrous creation. Inside the house, on a clothes drying line, hung the skin of a fox.
The man asked the woman if it was she who had done these things. She told him that she was his wife, and it was her duty to do these things, and was hoping that she had done so in a manner that was satisfactory to him.
Well, he was fine with they way everything was, and was delighted to have company and companionship, where before he had none. So, he decided to leave things be, and that they live together. Now, after they had lived together for a little while, the husband had noticed a musky smell about the house, and with a disturbed face, asked her, "Wow.... what is that smell??"
She told him that it was her scent, and that if he didn't like it, she'd leave. Upon saying this, she tossed off her clothes, and taking on the skin of the fox, she quickly and quietly ran away, never to be seen by him again. She also has never been inclined to visit any man ever since.
Now.... what does this story mean? Is there some moral to it? It's a mite hard for me to figure it out myself, but I found it somewhat interesting, so I included it in today's post!
That's all for now - until next time, have a nice night! ^_^
- Falls-Down-Laughing ^_^
1 comments:
This was an interesting read, although I don't get the moral of the story either. Thanks for sharing.
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