The Keerveyed Little Beavers 
In the spring a pair of 
beavers swam up a brook 
to a narrow place with 
a swamp beyond, where 
there were plenty of young 
poplar trees. 
This was a fine place for 
a home, with lots of ten¬ 
der poplar bark for food; 
so across the narrow spot 
they built a dam of mud 
and sticks. 
The dam held back the 
water until the swamp 
became a pond, and then 
they built a house in the 
middle of it where the 
water was deep. 
