Among the many wounded otters that the Aleuts leave behind Karana finds a young one that is not badly wounded wrapped tightly in a bed of kelp. When she reaches out of her canoe to cut him loose he does not move and only looks at her with his large eyes. She takes him to a tide pool behind the reef, where she feeds him and keeps a close eye on his wound. She brings him fresh live fish everyday until he grows to the size of her arm. She decides to name him Mon-a-nee, which means Little Boy With Large Eyes.
The waves become so high one day that she cannot make it out to fish for Mon-a-nee and it is three more days before the weather calms enough for her to bring.....
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