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Karim: I’ve been watching you curiously for some
time now, and there are so many questions I want to ask
you... Let’s start with the tree trunks. Mr. Beaver, why do
you drag the trunks into the water and place them on top
of others?

Mr. Beaver: All beaver couples, like us, migrate to

build new homes for themselves. We arrived here a short
time ago, having recently moved to this river. Now we’re
building our home. But to do that, we need still water. So
we have to block the water flow first. This is why we have
piled up logs and formed this artificial pond.

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