By Jack London
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(Part 1)

Keesh lived at the edge of the polar sea. He had seen thirteen suns. This was the Eskimo way of keeping time. In the north, winter leaves the land in darkness. And the next year, a new sun returns.

The father of Keesh had been a brave man. But he had died hunting for food. Keesh was his only son. Keesh lived with his mother, Ira.

One night, the village council gathered for a meeting. They were in the big ice house (called an igloo) of Kwan, the chief. ...