"We won't build the igloo of ice blocks," said Russ quite calmly. "But we'll make believe it is ice."
"I'd rather do that," Laddie agreed. "For make-believe ice can't be so wet and cold as real ice, can it?"
"What you going to make your make-believe ice out of, Russ?" demanded Vi, the exceedingly practical.
Russ at once set them all to work, clearing the middle of the room and bringing up hassocks and small benches and some other articles that could be used in the construction of the indoor igloo. He brought the sections of the new bookcase, one piece at a time.
Russ really exhibited some skill in building up the walls of the hut in the middle of the floor. When it was completed it was rather a tight fit for all six of the little Bunkers to squeeze inside, but they did it. And the activities of building the igloo had warmed even Mun Bun.
"You know," said Rose thoughtfully, "Eskimos live in these igloos and eat blubber, and don't go out at all while it is snowing, same as it does now."
"Why don't they go out?" asked Vi.
"Because it is cold," said Russ.
"And why do they eat blubber?"
"Because they are hungry," said Rose.