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" ' Hist ! the alarm beat comes down river ! Beaver 

 law says dive and strike water with your tail in going ; 

 so travels the signal through the moonlight. I hear a 

 crashing in the brushwood — now my turn comes! A 

 good evening to you ! ' (The Beaver dives.) 



" Splash ! not a Beaver within sight. The September 

 moon shows heaps of sticks and black water, while a 

 restless Moose, seeking its mate, wades along the pond 

 edge drinking and snatching mouthfuls of water-lily 

 stems that will be soon cut down by the frost, then 

 bellows a joyful answer to a faint call from far up the 

 river." 



