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My mother

This story is that of my mother, Tenesh, about what they [the Innu] did in the past in the inland region.

When she was young, she still used to go inland with her parents.

When they get to where they are going to set up camp, Tenesh says goodbye to her mother, she wants to leave.

Her younger sister goes with her when she walks in the woods, they want to go all over the place.

They look for animals.

Everyone goes hunting, women too.

Suddenly, while they are there, they sense something while walking and they see someone; they are very scared.

"There are caribou standing over there!" She says to her younger sister.

And then they hide, they are afraid that they [the caribou] will see them.

They [the girls] watch them [the caribou] for a long time, they find them very beautiful and they are afraid of them, because this animal has big eyes.

The other Innu will be happy when they [the girls] tell them.

Of course they go back, they will go and say what they saw.

Her father was getting ready to leave, he wanted to go get some water.

When he is told that there are caribou, he completely forgets the water that he wanted to fetch and the old man quickly seizes a gun and enters directly into the forest with it.

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