Timothy Turtle was so angry that he went about snapping at everybody and everything. And since the whole family kept carefully out of his way, he had to content himself with setting his upon roots and sticks.  
Now, the ' dam was made of sticks and mud. So Timothy found plenty of chances to bite. And because he could not hurt the sticks, no matter how much he tried, nobody cared.
 
Really he acted in a most silly, surly fashion.
 
Out of a corner of his eye Browniep. 53 Beaver watched Timothy Turtle closely. Brownie had not forgotten how Timothy seized his mother by the tail. And while he was his elders on the dam, at the same time he was trying to think of some way to outwit Timothy Turtle.
 
It happened that just at that time the dam needed a great deal of mending. There were so many holes to be filled that the Beavers worked all night long. And in spite of all their efforts they saw that even then a few leaks would have to go unmended. But they did not get snappish nor lose their tempers. They were not like Timothy Turtle. Though he slept a great part of the night, and waked up to watch the workers early in the morning, his temper was worse than ever.
 
He was paddling through the water close to the dam when Brownie Beaver called to him.p. 54
 
"You see that stick??" said Brownie, pointing to a

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