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Midnight Sun
They live on whale oil , blubber , fish and the meat of the musk ox , bear and other animals that inhabit the far North . You dogs and cats who live so far from us in a country where there are noisy cities can not imagine the silence of a cityless country or a land where the only sounds are the crunching of one iceberg against another or the roar and thunder of a glacier as it falls to pieces when melted by the sun . This world of ours seems like a dead world when compared to yours , but underneath this eternal covering of snow , down deep in the green water of the ocean are myriads of living , moving creatures as lively as any in your more sultry climate . `` But I see I am taking up too much time , so will stop and extend an invitation to one and all of you to come and visit my Land of the Midnight Sun , and see for yourselves how things look and how we live . I thank you for your courtesy in listening to my stupid speech , '' and bowing low his head he left the platform . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- His speech was followed by loud barks and meows and a great scratching of claws upon the bare floor . At last it was Billy 's turn to go on the platform .