O-GO AND HIS MATE 
S EASONS had come and gone, and 
through them all O-Go had grown and 
prospered. Now, at four years of age, 
he was one of the largest beavers in the colony 
on Patou Pond. From tip to tip, he was over 
forty inches long, though his spade-like tail 
made up ten of those inches. His weight was 
over fifty pounds, and his fur the finest a beaver 
could have. That means that no animal of any 
sort could have a coat better than his. 
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