&Raven

whaleTHE

∆ inuit story

Raven

whale

&Raven

whaleTHE

∆ inuit story

Typographicly intrepreted by

Marina DeVeiteo

—Spring 2010

∆ inuit story..................

..................

in t

he

very

beginning of Ω

me,

–the–

inuitpeople

say

• •

•

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with a maninside.raven

created everything,

raven created the world .

&ABird

araven was both ][

a¡er

He decided to remain on the earth

in th

e ve

ry beginning of Ωm

e, th

e in

uit people say

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people ∆d

the animals∆d was curious

aboutthem

Even though he had

made the world, he did

not know everything

there was to know.

H

e

loved the

all.

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whale

Raven liked to

Kayak o u t

into the Sea.

p h

is

aone day he saw

large

a dd ∞e

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“I wonder

what it looks like

inside the belly

of a whale.”

He said,

–w a i t e d

the whale y a w n e d.

open,

w

ideUn

til

Raven

pa dd ∞edHe

right in.

when

its

mou

th w

as

He tied his kayak

to one of The

whale’s Teeth &

started walking Inside

The whale’s body.

The mouth

of The wha ∞e

c ∞osed Behind

him—

∆d it

Grew

Dark.

the

white

bones

of th

e whale’s ribs

rose

up a

round

like

iv

ory p

illars.

Raven heard a s o u n d

like adrum

— or —

distant thunder.

H e w a l k e d

until h e c a m e

to thebelly of the whale.

center

Of the whale’s belly, Raven saw A beautiful girl

In the

Dan c ing.

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strin

gs

She hadaµached

To her feet –& hands …

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to the

heart Of the whale •

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stretching

“She is so

beautiful. I would

like to take her out

of this whale and

marry her.”

Raven—

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hhertoe said

I m

ade the world.

I am Raven.

Will you come with me

into the world

-&-be mywife?

..................

”

“

°

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Raven,

I cannøt ∞eave the whale.

Heart&sou∞I am

of the

whale

The maiden replied,

But if you want to

stay here & keep me company, that would make

happy.

the

me ”

“

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revealing his human face.

He to∫ed back his wings ∆d sat with his hands on his knees.

He watched the girl as she

threw back

his beak,

Raven

…dan ced

~Soon,~

the girl danced so

s l o w l ythat she stopped moving

and her eyes closed.

Raven felt a cool wind

from the world low

through the spout of the

whale.

when

she danced quickly

the whale soared through the water.

f oated calmly.

bl o w

when she danced slowly the whale

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.

He heard the strings

he f ew with her out of t

he w

hal

e ∆

d u

p in

to t

he

sky.

*s-n-a-p*as

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He grabbed the girl.

As he few,

Raven heard

The whale was dead—

and disappeared.

and the girl in his arms grew smaller and smaller

whale's body

onto the shore

below in the ocean.the whale

he watched the

tossed

by the waves

thrashing

as it was

Raven realized

that everything

that is alive has a

heart ∆d a soul

∆d everything in

the world is born

∆d dies.

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was

overcome

—with —

great sorro

][He

W .

He was so

sad

. . . ...............

whalethat he landedon the sand beside the body of the

For weeks he c and r

i

e

d

c r

i

e

d

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Ravenbegan to

o u t

a cn ed

he

a cn eddfor weeks.

—

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then—Ravenbegan to

o u t

i gns hea gnsfor weeks.

°

until

his

heart

was

soo

thed

, then

he

flew

back u p i n t o t h e s k y . . .

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He promised the hum∆s

∆d the ∆ima∞s that he

wou∞d a∞ways return to

this wor∞d as ∞ong as we cared

for one ∆other and understood

that everything in this wor∞d ∞iv∑

∆d di∑, ∆d everyone human ∆d

∆ima∞ has a heart ∆d a sou∞.

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Rraven’s tears were the first tears.

His dance and his song of grief ∆d

healing were the first song ∆d the

first dance.