chater even a day with the beaver (第7/14页)
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as feeling very tired and very hungry when suddenly the trees began to get thinner in front of them and the ground to fall steeply downhill.A minute later they came out under the open sky (the sun was still shining)and found themselves looking down on a fine sight.
They were standing on the edge of a steep,narrow valley at the bottom of which ran-at least it would have been running if it hadn’t been frozen-a fairly large river.Just below them a dam had been built across this river,and when they saw it everyone suddenly remembered that of course beavers are always making dams and felt quite sure that Mr. Beaver had made this one.They also noticed that he now had a sort of modest expression on his,face-the sort of look people have when you are visiting a garden they’ve made or reading a story they’ve written.So it was only common politeness when Susan said,“What a lovely dam !”And Mr. Beaver didn’t say“Hush”this time but“Merely a trifle ! Merely a trifle ! And it isn’t really fini