The air was very still. There was not a sound anywhere except the
barking of the pups, the voices of Menie and Monnie, and the creaking
sound of the snow under their feet as they ran.
The round moon was sailing through the deep blue sky and shining so
bright it seemed almost as light as day.
There was one window in each igloo right over the tunnel entrance, and
these windows shone with a dull yellow light.
In front of the village lay the sea. It was covered with ice far out
from shore. Beyond the ice was the dark water out of which the sun
would rise by and by.
There was nothing else to be seen in all the twins' world. There were
no trees, no bushes even; nothing but the white earth, the shadows of
the rocks and the snow-covered igloos, the bright windows, and the moon
shining over all.