Glorious It IsA traditional Inuit Poem

Who are the Inuit People?Clue: they live in very cold places

The Inuit PeopleLive in countries in and around the Arctic Circle.

Places like:

GreenlandAlaska

Glorious it is to seeThe caribou flocking

down from the forestsAnd beginning their

wanderings to the north

Timidly they watchFor the pitfalls of man.Glorious it is to seeThe great herds of the

forestsSpreading out over

plains of white.

Glorious it is to seeEarly summer’s short-

haired caribouBeginning to wander.Glorious to see them trotTo and froAcross the promontoriesSeeking for a crossing

place

Glorious it isTo see great musk oxenGathering in their

herds.The little dogs they

watch forWhen they gather in

herds.Glorious to see.

Glorious it is To see the long-haired winter caribouReturning to the forests.Fearfully they watch For the little people,While the herd follows the ebb-mark of

the seaWith a storm of clattering hooves.Glorious it isWhen wandering time is come