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BEAUTIFUL

TAKI WAS BEAUTIFUL.

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SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE

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WITH BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES AND DARK SKIN

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AGAINST THE WHITE SNOW.

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SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE

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WITH A WARM HEART BEATING

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AGAINST THE ARCTIC COLD.

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HER FAMILY'S HOUSE

WAS MADE OF YELLOW PAINTED WOODEN SLATS

AND A RED TIN ROOF.

IT SAT JUST ON THE EDGE OF THE PACK ICE

BESIDE THE CHUKCHI SEA.

IT HAD FOUR WINDOWS,

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ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

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A LITTLE CHIMNEY

ROSE SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE CENTER OF IT'S RIDGE.

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SMOKE FROM THE FIREPLACE

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SWIRLED INTO THE NIGHT SKY.

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TAKI SAT BY THE FIRE

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IN THE FRONT ROOM,

TRYING TO WARM HERSELF

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IN THE WINTER ARCTIC COLD.

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SHE LOOKED OUT OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA.

THE MOON REFLECTED

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OFF THE CALM SURFACE,

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THE BROKEN ICE

MOVED SLOWLY WITH THE TIDES,

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AND WHALES SANG TO EACH OTHER

IN THE DARKNESS OF THE WATER.

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SHE SIGHED AT THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL.

IN A PLACE THAT HADN'T BEEN SEEN BY MANY PEOPLE,

SHE HADN'T BEEN SEEN BY MANY PEOPLE, EITHER.

THE IÑUIT PEOPLE KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING

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THAT EVERY SNOWFLAKE THAT FALLS FROM THE SKY

IS UNIQUE.

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NO TWO SNOWFLAKES ARE ALIKE.

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THEY NEVER HAVE BEEN.

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THEY NEVER WILL BE.

THE CRYSTALS THAT FORM TOGETHER

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AND BUILD THE SNOWFLAKE

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ARE SO SENSITIVE

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TO THE CONDITIONS AROUND THEM

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A CLOUD MOVING BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE EARTH

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THE HEARTBEAT OF A WHALE VIBRATING THROUGH THE WATERS OF THE CHUKCHI SEA

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CAN CHANGE THEM INTO SOMETHING NEW.

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TAKI'S MOTHER AND FATHER KNEW IN THE BEGINNING

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THAT SHE WAS UNIQUE,

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THAT SHE WAS LIKE A SNOWFLAKE,

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THAT WHEN SHE WAS FORMING

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IN HER MOTHER'S WOMB

SOMETHING HAPPENED

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THAT MADE HER NEW.

DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF HER LIFE,

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AS SHE WAS BUNDLED IN WARM BLANKETS

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IN HER CRIB,

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SHE MADE A SOUND

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THAT HER FATHER HAD HEARD

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ONLY ONCE IN HIS LIFE.

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IT HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS JUST A BOY,

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ROAMING ACROSS THE ICE

NEAR THE EDGE OF THE SEA.

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HE WAS HUNTING WHALES WITH HIS FATHER.

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THERE,

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AA HE STOOD SILENTLY BY THE SEA,

THE ARVIQ,

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THE BOWHEAD WHALE,

ROSE TO BREATHE IN THE CRISP, COLD AIR.

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THE BALEENA MYSTICETUS

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WAS A SOURCE OF SUBSISTENCE

AND THE SYMBOL OF IÑUIT CULTURE

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FROM THE BEGINNING

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OF THE PEOPLE.

THE IÑUIT PEOPLE

WHISPER IT'S NAME

WITH REVERENCE AND AWE.

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AS HER FATHER RAISED THE HARPOON

TO STRIKE THE WHALE,

HE PRAYED AN OLD IÑUIT PRAYER

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TAUGHT TO HIM BY HIS GRANDMOTHER.

"I THINK OVER AGAIN MY SMALL ADVENTURES

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MY FEARS, THOSE SMALL ONES THAT SEEMED SO BIG

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FOR ALL THE VITAL THINGS I HAD TO GET AND REACH

AND YET THERE IS ONLY ONE GREAT THING,

THE ONLY THING

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TO LIVE TO SEE THE GREAT DAY THAT DAWNS

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AND THE LIGHT THAT FILLS THE WORLD."

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HE PLUNGED THE HARPOON INTO THE WHALE.

TAKI'S FATHER WOULD REMEMBER THAT MOMENT

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

NORMALLY WHEN A BOWHEAD WHALE

IS STRUCK WITH THE SHARPENED IRON BARBS OF A HARPOON

IT DIVES TO THE DEPTHS OF THE ICY WATER

AND TRIES TO FLEE ACROSS THE SEA,

HOPING WITH ALL OF THE LIFE INSIDE OF IT

TO GET AWAY AND STAY ALIVE.

THIS WHALE, THOUGH, WAS NOT A NORMAL WHALE.

ALL IÑUIT CHILDREN

HEAR THE STORY

OF NULIAJUK

WHEN THEY ARE BORN INTO THE WORLD.

SHE SAT AT THE EDGE OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN,

THE STORY GOES,

LOOKING TO THE ICY, ROUGH HORIZON,

THINKING,

BEING SILENT

AND WAITING.

MANY OF HER NEIGHBORS

WANTED TO SAY,

"HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOUR POOR FATHER IS A WIDOW.

HE NEEDS YOU TO HELP HIM.

HE NEEDS A SON-IN-LAW TO HELP HIM.

CHOOSE A HUSBAND.

HELP YOUR FATHER!"

BUT, BEING A KIND,

THOUGHTFUL,

QUIET PEOPLE,

THEY DID NOT SAY THESE WORDS TO HER.

INSTEAD, THEY THOUGHT IN THEIR MINDS

AND WHISPERED AROUND THE TABLES,

"SHE MUST BE SPOILED.

HER FATHER DOES EVERYTHING FOR HER.

SHE DOES NOT DO CHORES.

SHE EATS THE BEST FOODS.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER?

WHY IS SHE SUCH A BURDEN TO HER FATHER?"

YET DAY AFTER DAY

SHE THOUGHT AND WAITED...

QUIETLY...

AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA.