Ilg lazy, O-Go more often than not travelled 
alone, or in the company of his friend, 
Thwacker, a distant cousin, who lived in the 
next lodge. He was O-Go’s greatest admirer, 
and was always ready to follow him. 
Thwacker would have been with O-Go on 
the day when the latter started out to explore 
the creek above Patou Pond, if O-Go had not 
been too impatient to wait for dusk to come. 
But, as it was broad daylight when O-Go left 
the lodge of his parents, Thwacker had not 
yet appeared out of doors. 
O-Go was half way across the pond, when 
a sudden and swiftly-moving shadow startled 
him. At once, the young beaver dived; and 
it was well for him that he did so, for the 
shadow had been caused by the circling of a 
hungry eagle, as it coasted down to the attack. 
Usually, the eagle would not have troubled 
an animal so large as a beaver, but hunting 
had been poor that day, and O-Go appeared to 
be a fairly easy prey. 
When O-Go came again to the surface, he 
was many yards closer to his home than he 
had been at the time he had dived. He needed 
only a moment or two, in which to renew 
the supply of air in his lungs; then he would 
be ready for another under water swim as long 
as the first one. The eagle, however, did not 
allow him that long an intermission, but 
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