Polar Bears Past Bedtime
“The seal hunter ran alongside it. Sometimes he cracked his whip against the ice.
The snowdrifts looked like giant white sculptures as the sun slipped behind the frozen hills. Then a full orange moon rose in the sky.
The moonlight lit a small, rounded igloo in front of them. The dogs slowed, then stopped.
Jack stepped off the sled. Annie went to help unhitch the dogs. Jack took his book out and read about igloos: The word “igloo” means “house” in the language of native Arctic people. The house is built with blocks of snow. Dry snow is good wall material because it keeps in the heat. The temperature inside an igloo can be 65 degrees warmer than the temperature outside.
Jack took out his notebook. He pulled off his mitten just long enough to write: “Come on, Jack!” said Annie.
She and the seal hunter were waiting for him in front of the igloo. The dogs were leashed together outside.
Jack hurried to join them. The hunter pushed aside animal skins covering the entrance. They stepped inside.
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