The mouse and the bird (a chukchi fairy tale)

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once upon a time there lived a mouse and a bird.
one day the bird want to pay some tribesmen a visit, but came back home again soon after.
- what do the tribesmen live in? asked the mouse
- yarangas
- what are yarangas?
- tents
- what is the tent roof made of?
- the skins of deer
- what are the rafters made of?
- the bones of deer
- what do the tribesmen sleep on?
- mats made of deer skins
- what do they eat?
- the tongues of deer and eyes of deer
- where is their camp?
- it was burnt down by fire
- where is the fire?
- it was put out by rain
- where is the rain water?
- the birds drank it up
- where are the birds?
- they flew away.