He's afraid that he will have to crawl on the ground.
Then he shoots just once and kills it.
"This is the last shot I'm going to take," he thinks as he loads his gun.
Suddenly he sees some caribou, he is very happy.
He asks the Creator for help, he asks him/her to give him strength.
This is the moment he will have to make a big effort; he is afraid, he is deceived by his hunger [lit.: by the fact that he has not eaten].
They stand near the river, they're waiting for the animals.
He looks at his son who is still moving well, he [the father] feels sorry for him.
It's been over five days since he's eaten, he's seeing strange things, he can't feel his body anymore, his eyes hurt and he can't see things very well.
In the past the Innu lived inland, in the interior.
He brings a gun with him of course, he hopes he will find something when he goes walking out there.
When he wakes up in the morning, the weather is very nice, "I'm going to head out," he thinks, even if he has no strength/energy.
Another time, when the Innu were suffering from starvation, they were not able to kill animals.
When a boy is present and he is young, he leaves with his father, he goes hunting too.
He says goodbye to his wife and leaves.
Every day a man goes out to hunt.
They are the ones this story is about.
He looks at his son, he is happy, they will live a long time yet.
