That night a hurry up wireless call 

 went out, and before morning twenty- 

 three beavers were at work rebuilding 

 the dam, with the Chief Engineer in 

 command. We figured that delegations 

 must have come from a colony two miles 

 up the river, probably some from Mud 

 Pond, others from Pine Brook and Ra- 

 quette River. Certainly, there were not, 

 living on our pond, as many beavers as 

 we saw at work that night. By the 

 next morning the dam had been rebuilt 

 to the water level, and the second morn- 

 ing it was completely restored with 

 water flowing over the top. A curious 

 fact we noted, was, that while both 

 banks of the river were strewn with 

 fragments of the old dam, not a single 

 piece of this tainted and dangerous 

 material was used. New trees and 

 bushes were cut and carried greater 

 distances for the rebuilding. 



At this stage of the war, Bige and I 

 surrendered. We were hopelessly out- 

 numbered and outclassed by the beavers. 



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