O-Go helped in this task also, and made 
up in enthusiasm what he lacked in skill. Some¬ 
times, in his hurry, he threw as much of his 
load into the water as he got into the house 
itself. At other times, the material he brought 
was altogether unsuitable to the purpose for 
which it was intended. When that occurred, 
the older beavers made no trouble about the 
matter. They merely tossed out the unwanted 
material, and allowed it to float away down 
the canal. 
There was one other job, connected with 
the building of that lodge, with which O-Go 
would have liked greatly to help. That job 
was the digging of the two tunnels, which 
were to serve as entryways to the home. How¬ 
ever there was always some little danger of a 
cave-in when a tunnel was being constructed; 
and therefore the older beavers gently pushed 
the little fellow away, whenever he sought 
to bear a hand at that task. 
The tunnels were very interesting places, 
and O-Go was not long in exploring them, 
as soon as he was allowed to do so. He 
found that one of them was much longer 
than the other, and that it also began in much 
deeper water. The reason for this was that 
this tunnel was to be used both winter and 
summer. Therefore, it had to go well below 
any possible frost line before entering the 
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