This is told of Atdlarneq: that he was a strong man, and if he rowed
but a little way out in his kayak, he caught a seal. On no day did
he fail to make a catch, and he was never content with only one.
But one day when he should have been out hunting seal, he only paddled
along close to the shore, making towards the south. On the way he
sighted a cape, and made towards it; and when he could see the sunny
side, he spied a little house, quite near.
He thought:
"I must wait until some one comes out."
And while he lay there, with his paddle touching the shore, a woman
came out; she had a yellow band round her hair, and yellow seams to
all her clothes.
Now he would have gone on shore, but he thought:
"I had better wait until another one comes out." And as he thought
this, there came another woman out of the house. And like the first,
she also had a yellow hair band, and yellow seams to all her clothes.
And he did not go on shore, but thought again:
"I can wait for just one more."
And truly enough, there came yet another one, quite like the
others. And like them also, she bore a dish in her hand. And now at
last he went on shore and hauled up his kayak.
He went into the house, and they all received him very kindly. And
they brought great quantities of food and set before him.
At last the evening came.
And now those three women began to go outside again and again. And
at last Atdlarneq asked:
"Why do you keep going out like that?"
When he asked them this, all answered at once:
"It is because we now expect our dear master home."
When he heard this, he was afraid, and hid himself behind the skin
hangings. And he had hardly crawled in there when that master came
home; Atdlarneq looked through a little hole, and saw him.