THE CLOUDBURST 
O GO and Thwacker went up Patou 
Creek a number of times after that 
first visit, and learned to know every 
foot of both banks from their own pond to 
the upper dam. They always found the beavers 
they met upstream to be as friendly as those 
of the home pond. However, the high water 
gradually went down; so that in time there 
were several places, where it was impossible 
to travel without being open to attack from 
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