Calum is a fisherman, but he earns hardly enough to make a living for himself and his father, let alone to pay the loans for his house and boat. When he meets a man who makes a lot of money from the sale of seal skins, he decides to become a seal hunter too. All seems to go well, until one day, a seal disappears, with Calum’s knife still in him.

Gaelic language learner literature

This novel is part of the Arcos Series of Gaelic folk tales for beginning and intermediate language learners. With a limited vocabulary and a strong focus on high frequency verbs and  language structures, these short novels make the Scottish Gaelic language and folk tale culture easily accessible to learners. Enjoy reading!

Contains an extended and optimized Gaelic-English glossary. This glossary helps you to understand the story more easily and spend less time looking up words.

“A great read! It’s a beautiful story and I managed to understand a lot of it without using the glossary.”