succeeded in an attempt to do this. More likely 
than not, he would have gnawed just the 
branch, whose removal would bring that great 
tree trunk down upon his head. But he was 
not to be compelled to try this experiment, 
for Uncle Castor, who had heard the sound 
of the tree’s fall, came to investigate, and found 
O-Go in his prison. 
The wise old sagamore of Patou Pond saw 
at once that O-Go was in real peril, and went 
for help. He returned shortly, bringing with 
him O-Go’s parents and old Chisel-tooth. 
Then, the four grown beavers, working very 
carefully, cleared a little lane through the 
branches; and O-Go, still badly frightened, 
made his way to safety and to his mother. 
He had escaped one of the gravest of the dan¬ 
gers that beset a beaver’s life. 
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