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Rh Through whose chinks the water spouted,

O'er whose summit flowed the streamlet.

From the bottom rose a beaver,

Looked with two great eyes of wonder,

Eyes that seemed to ask a question,

At the stranger, Pau-Puk-Keewis.

On the dam stood Pau-Puk-Keewis,

O'er his ankles flowed the streamlet,

Flowed the bright and silvery water,

And he spake unto the beaver,

With a smile he spake in this wise:

"O my friend Ahmeek, the beaver,

Cool and pleasant is the water;

Let me dive into the water,

Let me rest there in your lodges;

Change me, too, into a beaver!"

Cautiously replied the beaver,

With reserve he thus made answer:

"Let me first consult the others,

Let me ask the other beavers."