come to the ears of those adult beavers who 
were at work on the new lodge. On their 
approach, the loon withdrew, shrieking with 
wild and triumphant laughter. She rejoined 
her mate and their four little ones, whom O-Go 
would not have hurt, if he could, and couldn’t 
have hurt had he wanted to do so. 
O-Go’s curiosity would always be a vig¬ 
orous one, but on the subject of loons it was 
forever satisfied. The lesson he had received 
that evening had been too severe to permit 
him ever to forget it, for that beating left 
him bruised and sore for many days. 
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