The winter storms come early this year and Karana spends much of her time working on the devilfish spear. She also makes herself a new dress. All but one of the sea elephants teeth have broken, but the one that is left makes a fine barbed point that she connects to the shaft with a string so that when the spearhead strikes the devilfish, the head comes loose from the shaft and can still be held onto.
When the first day of spring comes she takes the spear to Coral Cove; Rontu has gone off alone and not returned all morning. Karana pushes her canoe to the water where the devilfish lives. She wonders all morning where her beloved pet has gone. After she hides the canoe, she climbs back toward her home when.....
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