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Song by @Kukutux!

She'd fallen into a routine since shedding her former name. Every morning, with the children at her side, she would greet the day with stretching and prayer. After breakfast, she spent some time with the children and then began her work on whatever project she had lined up for the day. She always tried to involve them in whatever she did, knowing that her chores would benefit their learning. She taught them songs and how to treat furs; occasionally, they even went hunting!

Today, she knelt beside Anik Lake and sang a song as she treated a beaver fur she'd been working on:

aya, aya aya!

the handsome boy there, he is staring at your face!

do not look, do not look

i will say the words loud so he will hear them:

'"what did your father ask in trade?'"

aya, aya, aya!

now he believes you will be married!

see how he runs to find his own furs!

he will bring them to your father,

he will run to ask you first!