Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-11-07 | Page 16 | A Beaver's Day

1 A Beavers Beaver's Da Day DayA r YOUNG TOUNG beaver in Regents Par Park k A AYOUNG Gardens London was once one e placed at work upon a tree twelve feet fee t long and two feet si six inches thick bus busas just justas t as the town clocks 8 sounded the hour hou r of or noon The Thc beaver began beg U by barking barking barking bark bark- ing tho tree treo a foot root above tho the ground That done ho attacked the tio wood He H e worked hard alternating his labor lahar r with dips clips In his bathing pond Ht lit bathed and labored alternately until 1 4 a o'clock in the afternoon when h hate ho hoate hoate ate his supper of oC bread and carrots carrot 9 and paddled about In Un his pond until I Ten minutes later when only one Inch of the trees tree s diameter remained intact he bore bor e upon his work anti and the tree fell tell Before Before Be Be- fore tore it fell teU tho the beaver ran as men ru run n when the they have fired tired a 3 blast Then as tho the treo Ja lay on the ground he portioned portioned por por- portioned It out mentally and again began began began be be- gan to to- gnaw He worked at intervals all nl night ht cu cut t the log Into three parts rolled two 0 of oC f time the portions into tho the water and reserved re reserved re- re served the other third for his permanent permanent perma perma- nent shelter The work dono done he too took tooka k a n bath Harpers Harper's Harpers Harper's Weekly