If ever there were two puzzled little Bears they were Boxer and Woof-Woof, as they tried to get acquainted with their own reflections in the pond of Paddy the Beaver.
They climbed out on the dam of Paddy the Beaver and shook themselves, making the water fly from their coats in a shower.
One day Mother Bear led them over to the pond of Paddy the Beaver.
Then curiosity to see what was going on over there had been too much for him, and he had started over to visit Paddy the Beaver.
But one moonlight night he happened to think of Paddy the[3] Beaver and that he hadn't seen Paddy since before Paddy's pond froze over early in the winter.
Matthews took the chair, which was a pity, for the seat wasn't nearly big enough for her, and she reminded me of a line in a hymn we sang, 'Wide as the heathen nations are,' and she wore that kind of a beaver garden-hat that always gets on one side.
" You remember the beaver which a naturalist tells us "busied himself as earnestly in constructing a dam in a room up three pair of stairs in London as if he had been laying his foundation in a lake in Upper Canada.
Sammy didn't forget to tell Paddy the Beaver, but it was no news to Paddy.
If it had been the pond of Paddy the Beaver instead of the Big River, they would have thought it was Paddy swimming with a branch for his winter food pile.
Paddy the Beaver said that for three days Lightfoot had not visited his pond for a drink.
CHAPTER XIX: Sammy Jay Is Modest As soon as the angry hunter with the terrible gun had disappeared among the trees of the Green Forest, and Lightfoot was sure that he had gone for good, Lightfoot came out from his hiding-place on top of the ridge and walked down to the pond of Paddy the Beaver for a drink.
CHAPTER XVIII: The Hunter Loses His Temper The hunter, hidden near the pond of Paddy the Beaver, chuckled silently.
CHAPTER XVII: Sammy Jay Arrives When Reddy Fox arrived at the pond of Paddy the Beaver, the hunter who was hiding there saw him instantly.
Paddy the Beaver was tempted to warn them that they were not as safe as they thought, but as long as the hunter did not move Paddy decided to wait.
CHAPTER XV: The Three Watchers When Paddy the Beaver slapped the water with his broad tail, making a noise like a pistol shot, Lightfoot understood that this was meant as a warning of danger.
CHAPTER XIII: Lightfoot And Paddy Become Partners The instant Lightfoot saw Paddy the Beaver he knew that for the time being, at least, there was no danger.
CHAPTER XII: Lightfoot Visits Paddy The Beaver Deep in the Green Forest is the pond where lives Paddy the Beaver.
CHAPTER I: Peter Rabbit Meets Lightfoot Peter Rabbit was on his way back from the pond of Paddy the Beaver deep in the Green Forest.
One of the children took it when she wasn't looking and hid it in his father's best beaver hat—the one he wore on Sundays.
The mistress visited her often in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that s