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Agloolik's father, though a excellent hunter, went out ice fishing around Agloolik's fifth birthday and never returned.
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Many search parties came back unsuccessful.
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Mad with grief, Agloolik's mother left their winter igloo one night in January yelling her husband's name
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When Agloolik heard the frenzied shouting of his mother he mustered his juvenile courage and armed he ventured out...
Agloolik passed out the end of his second day.
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All the search parties found were polar bear tracks.
Looking around frantically, his eyes fell on a big cage in the dark shadows of the cave.
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the bear retreated swiftly as it was whipped viciously from the side.
Surely he is responsible for my mother's disappearance.
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The Bear, more angry now, ran towards the cage gaining speed. With a smite of it's paw she took out a wall of the cage, intending to seize Aglooliks mother.
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In this cage is the polar bears young. If you return the cubs two the mother, she might help you escape
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She stopped short when she saw the two cubs.
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With the cubs and boy on it's back, the mother bear disappears into the night.
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Agloolik was fifteen. He had been living with the polar bear mother and cubs for many years. Agloolik have learned to defend himself in the harsh conditions of the winter and ice. He was clad in firs of seals and elk. The mother had cared for him as any good mother would. He was always looking forward to the day when he could set out and find his own mother imprisoned harshly.
Agloolik decided to take a long hunting trip and walked for two days out onto the ice.
Agloolik saw a dark line from under the Ice. He used his bone knife to chip deeper and deeper... he dug until he could see what lay 6 inches down; a spear. This spear was eerily familiar to him he had seen it somewhere before. He barely remembered his father, but he could recall his father had a spear like this.
Agloolik walked back to his bear family. Saddened, he knew this was his father's spear. This spear was a sign. He had to be strong like his father and go rescue his mother. He would not let Ignirtog get away with his injustices.
When Agloolik gets to the safety of the bear's semi permanent home he waits soon his family returns and greets him joyously. Agloolik knows what he has to do. He has to go out to the unknown to find his mother.
With his father's spear, he was ready to depart. The two sons of the mother Polar bear, now bigger than their mother, followed Agloolik out onto his journey.
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Agloolik followed his instinct across the ice and snow. He and the two bears made good time as they traveled. Agloolik had to find man who had kidnapped his mother those long years ago.
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Agloolik knew they were following him and he stopped after the second day and waited for them. As they came closer, Agloolik mounted one of his polar bears sitting on the beast's back. it this way Agloolik could travel much faster. They bounded over the snow.
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Agloolik reached one lone tent. The tent had a hunched man sitting outside it. The man was covered in skins but still looked cold. Agloolik approached and the man turned to face him.
As the skins fell away, Agloolik reared back. This was the man he came for!!!
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I heard there was somone looking for me. Didn't think they would be so helpless.
Agloolik and his bears growled in lethal harmony.
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Agloolik yelled and charged forward. Ignirtog spun to face Agloolik and whipped a spear up from the ground where he placed it. Agloolik's twin bears launched themselves at the neck of the massive bear. With a massive crash, the bear toppled to the ground with the smaller bears on top. Agloolik powered by anger ran at Ignirtog. He dodged the first stab. When Agloolik took his stab he got lucky. Out of balance, Ignirtog, was vulnerable but he deflected the point of the spear so it only sliced his arm. Ignirtog recovered fast and stabbed Agloolik in the thigh. As agloolik fell backward he threw his spear, knowing it was useless. The spear was special it flew strait slamming into Ignirtog's chest.
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Ignirtog was gasping laying on his back. Using his spear to support him, Agloolik hobbled over and gasped
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You will never see her again. Ignirtog's last words.
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After some quick bandaging, Agloolik had his bears feeling better. The big bear had been taken surprise by their strength so had not had time to do much harm. It got up, not going to the side of it's master it walked towards the mountains. Puzzled, Agloolik runs after the giant. They make slow progress. The pace quickens the second day. once in the mountains the path became rugged and hard to follow. They kept on traveling.
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They crest a hill and see a tower of smoke and many people toiling. It looked as if there was a mine in the next hill over. A ways past the mine was a smattering of tents. He saw armed guards surrounding the people. They proceeded down the hill. The guards yelled and ran at the Agloolik, when they saw the three massive bears, they fled.
The guards sent the prisoners at Agloolik in hopes that they would distract the bears as the guards ran. With a cry Agloolik recognised his mother and ran towards her. The bears bounded after the retreating guards.
While Agloolik and his mother reunited after the long years. The other miners all crowded around Agloolik, Agloolik was overwhelmed by people clamoring and rejoicing.
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