A NEW LESSON 
O GO, Ilg, and Ela slept long and sound¬ 
ly after each trip into the open, for 
they were still very young, and there¬ 
fore tired easily. Nevertheless, they were al¬ 
ways ready to go again when the next even¬ 
ing arrived, and Mother Beaver led them out 
through their underwater door. Before she 
did this, however, Mother Beaver first went 
out alone, in order that she might carefully 
look over the neighborhood and make cer- 
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