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kindly toward him, as she always does if we 

 only do our part and give her time. The leaves 

 were blown in the other direction and there was 

 the animal directly in front of him. The upper 

 surface of its body moved up and down in the 

 water in a curved line bringing a third of the 

 total length above water at a time. When the 

 animal passed by he saw its great, flat tail dragged 

 behind motionless. He had seen the stranger at 

 last ! It was the beaver. He strained his eyes 

 to get a better view while the animal uncon- 

 sciously swam up stream and was joined by his 

 companion. They were so nearly of a size and 

 looked so much alike that Full Moon could not 

 distinguish one from the other. When they 

 reached a place where the bank was low and 

 sloping they crawled up its side and walked 

 awkwardly around among the trees, stopping 

 now and then and raising themselves upon their 

 hind legs to listen. Presently one of them 

 selected a large willow tree and with a few cuts 

 from their sharp, front teeth, which are from 

 four to five inches in length, the beavers soon 

 brought the tree to the ground. They began 

 peeling off some of the bark for food. After 

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