Kevin Goes Fishing

Upinrakraq has come to our nuna.

Kevin wants to go fishing! Let’s see, what does he need?

K evin pulls on his nikhik . Oh, something is pulling on the nikhik ! Hunaqiak ? A big iqualukpik ! K evin kaaktuq . He made a fire and cooks the qaluk over an ikniq . Mmnnn! Mamak ! H e takes the hihamat iqalukpik he caught back to his aakangaa . “What a great Qalungniaqti you are!” His aakangaa said, and gave him a big hug!

K evin wants to go fishing! Let’s see, what does he need? This is his taqlu , tuuq , iluan , nikhik , and natmakvik ! K evin pihukataaqtuq to the frozen narva q . Upinrakraq has come to our nuna . The hikiniq is warm and the uvluq is long. It’s a good time to nikhiqiak . F irst Kevin has to use his tuuq , to chop a hole in the hiku . Then, he scoops the hiku out of the alluaq with his illuan . Abigiq ualukp i k ! Kevin kaaktuq. He made a fire and cooks the qaluk over an ikniq. Mmnn! Mamak!

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