We've been walking at Great Pond again this spring, a local
state forest. The pond is a marshy area that was flooded decades ago and now is
a protected area for birds and wildlife. Last summer, we had noticed that the
resident beaver started adding to his lodges, and built two more at one end of
the shallow pond. One was just beside the spot where we let the dogs jump in to
fetch a stick and get cool. It was the deepest area and clearest of sticks and
weeds, so it seemed like a good spot. One day, Emma jumped in to fetch the
stick, swam out to get it, and on the swim back to shore, it surprised us when
this huge beaver emerged from beneath the water and started chasing her down!
Jim and I both started yelling at Emma to hurry up, calling her name and
encouraging her as best as we could to swim faster, and she dropped the stick
and did the best she could to beat it to the shore. We couldn't believe it when
the beaver appeared, and poor Emma didn't know what was going on, just that she
had to get out of there fast! To this day, she won't go back in there, and
stays well away from the edge. Will, on the other hand, still wants to chase
the stick, and wonders why we won't throw it for him anymore.
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| Beaver watching us |
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| Emma and Will stay far back! No beavers for them! |
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| Let's get out of here! |
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