A great fear had
fallen away from Jerry's heart, and in its place was a great hope
that after all there wasn't to be any trouble. So he replied to
Paddy the Beaver as politely as he knew how. Paddy was just as polite,
and the first thing Jerry knew, instead of being enemies, as Jerry
had all along made up his mind would be the case when he found the
builder of the dam, here they were becoming the best of friends, all
because Paddy the Beaver had said the right thing in the right way.
"But you haven't told me yet what you made those holes in my dam for,
Cousin Jerry," said Paddy the Beaver finally.
Jerry didn't know just what to say. He was so pleased with his big
new cousin that he didn't want to hurt his feelings by telling him
that he didn't think that dam had any business to be across the
Laughing Brook, and at the same time he wanted Paddy to know how he
had spoiled the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool. At last he made
up his mind to tell the whole story.
CHAPTER XXIII: Paddy The Beaver Does A Kind Deed
Paddy the Beaver listened to all that his small cousin, Jerry Muskrat,
had to tell him about the trouble which Paddy's dam had
caused in the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool.
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