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The Beast of The Sandlot The Sandlot Gang. Web Source It was midsummer 1962 in San Fernando Valley. My family had just moved to this town and I didn't have a single friend. That is until I started playing ball at the sandlot. These guys made my first summer in San Fernando the best summer of my life. I owe that summer to my friend Bennie. If it weren't for Bennie I wouldn't have learned how to play ball and would have never became friends with the guys. We really only met because the guys needed an extra body on the field. Boy was I bad. I couldn't even catch a ball back then. Most of the time any ball that was hit towards me would fly right on past me. I would have to go retrieve it from the back fence. Man did I not like that fence. Every time I had to go back there I would here noises only a beast was capable of creating. I quickly found out I was not the only one scared of this "beast". One day Ham, the catcher of the gang, was up to bat. He chann...

Pâtussorssuaq, Who Killed His Uncle Pat had a beautiful wife but was not satified Liked his uncle's wife more killed uncle Pat's wife saw what happened and ran away to her parents  Little boy saw her run but pretended like he didn't  Pat gave up on looking for her and took his uncles wife She died soon after Pat was attacked and killed by his uncles soul in the body of a fox His daughter saw everything but the uncle made her forget what she saw  arctic fox, photo by Will Brown Web Source The Wife Who Lied She grew up in a tribe that ate men Married into a tribe that didn't eat men Her old tribe started war against her new tribe 3 woman surviced the attack by hiding in (skin, box used for dogs meat, store shed) The new tribe attacked back and killed everyone  The wife had her arms and legs cut off Thats what she got for lying Story source:  Eskimo Folk-Tales  by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artist...

Nukungusik, who Escaped from the Tupilak many brothers no wife middle brother trying to kill him --killed him helped them search for the body Nuk lived very long and died last of the brothers The Giant Dog man with a very big dog  could swim in the sea and could haul whale and narwhal to shore drilled holes in teeth and put a harness in it so he could ride the dog the guy never had son so gave the dog this amulet (knot of hard wood)  this helped the dog not die the dog ate a man so the owner had to go live somewhere else with his dog Someone came on the island so the man tried to make sure the dog didn't know  the dog smelt the new man and his owner hid the new comer dog would go kill inlanders and then bring the legs back to his owner  this is why the inlanders are scared of all dogs The Giant Dog Web Source Story source:  Eskimo Folk-Tales  by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artists (1921).