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Sialuk mirrored her mother's movements, her elbows sticking close to her ribs, her belly brushing the ground below. The raindrop's nose twitched erratically as they drew nearer and nearer to the target. At her mother's command, Sialuk leapt from her spot. She saw that the tigiak spotted her and dropped the mouse. Her heart raced as she darted after the slippery animal. When it disappeared into a hole at the base of a tree, Sialuk began scratching wildly at it, whining and barking as if that would somehow lure it out.

There was frustration now with herself for not being better. She had surely disappointed anaa for her first lesson. This boiled in her blood as she continued to scratch at the tree base, though the critter was now long gone, having slipped out an exit on the other side.