THE BEAVERS OF BEAVER CREEK 



they had finished their repast they proceeded to 

 cut the timber into lengths that could be easily 

 rolled to the bank and into the water to float 

 down stream, to the spot selected for their dam 

 the night before. The site chosen was where 

 they cut the tree that, fortunately for the 

 beavers, grew on the edge of the bank and 

 the noise of the fall of which led to their dis- 

 covery by Full Moon. These wise little animals 

 are economic engineers and never fail to accept 

 the aid that nature throws in their way. So 

 finding the tree where the surroundings were 

 most suitable they saved much time and labor 

 by cutting it so that it fell across the stream, to 

 act as a foundation for the now rapidly growing 

 dam. After Full Moon left them on that first 

 eventful night that marked the beginning of the 

 foundation of the first dam built by the beavers 

 of Beaver Creek, the busy, little animals cut off 

 the top of the tree and pulled it to one side. 

 Then they bit off all the branches from the 

 under side of the trunk so that the tree could 

 settle to the desired height to form the top of 

 the dam. Next, they trimmed the upper 

 branches close to the trunk and used them to 



