THE INVADERS 
A LL OF the beavers had thoroughly en~ 
/% joyed their season of rest and idleness, 
7 % but the time for such things was now 
at an end, for it was mid-September. Only a 
few weeks were left, during which the sap 
would remain in the tree tops; and in that 
short space of time there was much work for 
the colony to do. Enough food must be put 
in storage to last them all, until another spring 
should cause the buds again to swell. 
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