BY
THORNTON W. BURGESS
ILLUSTRATED BY
RHODA CHASE
NEW YORK
THE BOOK LEAGUE OF AMERICA
1929
Copyright, 1926,
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction
in whole or in part in any form.
Set up and electrotyped.
Published October, 1926.
Reprinted August, 1928.
Special edition published by arrangement with
The Macmillan Company.
Printed in the United States of America

DEDICATION

To the beautiful faith of childhood, the perpetuation of a charming fable, and to a world made better by the Christmas spirit, this little volume is dedicated.

The Author

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][Tuktu and Aklak][3]
[II.][Kringle Valley][9]
[III.][Tuktu’s Soft Heart][16]
[IV.][Whitefoot Goes Astray][22]
[V.][Lost in the Fog][29]
[VI.][The Awakening of Tuktu][34]
[VII.][The Great Mill][39]
[VIII.][The Good Spirit][45]
[IX.][The Chosen Deer][52]
[X.][Tuktu’s Happy Thought][57]
[XI.][Tuktu Tells Her Story][62]
[XII.][The Deer People][67]
[XIII.][The Wilful Young Deer][73]
[XIV.][When the World Was Young][81]
[XV.][The First Reindeer][87]
[XVI.][Little Spot and Tuktu Dream][93]
[XVII.][Tuktu and Aklak Have a Secret][100]
[XVIII.][The Round-Up][107]
[XIX.][The Christmas Story][113]
[XX.][The Great Temptation][118]
[XXI.][Attacked by Wolves][123]
[XXII.][The Christmas Invitation][128]
[XXIII.][The Christmas Vision][134]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Whitefoot goes astray][Frontispiece]
Page
[Kutok watching the herd][11]
[Aklak goes hunting][23]
[Tuktu and Santa Claus][47]
[“They are wolves”][79]
[Tuktu making boots with her mother][95]
[Tuktu watching Aklak train a young deer][103]