One day his mother went to the beach, and he tied the string around her body and told her to take a firm footing. She was a trifle nervous for she had never done the thing before, and she said, "Harpoon a small dolphin, else I may not be able to hold it, if it is large enough to make a strong pull."
After a short time a young animal came up to breathe, and she cried, "Kill that one. I can hold it."
"No, that one is too large," he said.
Again a small dolphin came near, and the mother shouted, "Spear that." But he said, "No, it is too large and strong."
At last a huge animal arose quite near, and immediately he threw his harpoon, taking care to wound but not to kill it, and at the same time pushing his mother into the water.
"That is because you abused me," he cried, as the white whale dragged her into the sea.
Whenever she came to the surface to breathe she cried "Louk! Louk!" and gradually she became transformed into a narwhal.