Suddenly Jerry Muskrat heard a sound that made him prick up his
funny little short ears and whirl about so that he could look over
the other side of the dam into the Laughing Brook. What do you think
that sound was? Why, it was the sound of rushing water, the sweetest
sound Jerry had listened to for a long time. There was a great hole
in the dam, and already the brook was beginning to laugh as the
water rushed down it.
"How do you like that, Cousin Jerry?" said a voice right in his ear.
Paddy the Beaver had climbed up beside him, and his eyes were twinkling.
"It -- it's splendid!" cried Jerry. "But -- but you've spoiled your
dam!"
"Oh, that's all right," replied Paddy. "I didn't really want it now,
anyway. I don't usually build dams at this time of year, and I
built this one just for fun because it seemed such a nice place to
build one. You see, I was traveling through here, and it seemed such
a nice place, that I thought I would stay a while. I didn't know
anything about the Smiling Pool, you know.
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