Journal Entry, Explain Why Ootek Offered Eggs To Mowat

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Never Cry Wolf Journal Entry Rafid Mirza In an entry, explain why Ootek has offered eggs to Mowat. What does Mowat mean when he says that the nesting season was well advanced as were the eggs? In one portion of the book, “Never Cry Wolf,” Ootek offers Mowat some eggs. The reason why Ootek gifted Mowat these eggs was connected to his Native American heritage. The Native Americans believed that if men ate mice, then their parts would become small like mice. The only way for a man’s parts to become normal again was to eat eggs. “’Eskimo thinks if man eat mice his parts get small like mice,’ he explained reluctantly. ‘But if man eat eggs everything comes out all right. Ootek scared for you” (Mowat 79). After he takes the egg, he decides to eat