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Chapter 3
Bay Annie
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After Billy and Bevy were married for a while, they had a cute little
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baby beaver. They were very excited. Her name was Annie.
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Mama and Papa Beaver were very proud to be grandparents.
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Lizzie and Randy were proud to be aunt and uncle.
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Baby Annie was very active, exploring the river and the river bank
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around their lodge.
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One day Bevy and Billy were busy doing repairs inside their lodge.
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After a while Bevy went out to check on Annie. She rushed back
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inside and called out "Billy, I can't see Baby Annie anywhere.
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We better start looking for her."
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Both went our and began looking everywhere for Annie. The whole
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neighborhood of beavers joined in the search for Baby Annie.
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Lizzie said to the others "why don't we use our imaginations to help
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us, like Shay always does?" "Good idea," the other beavers replied.
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Shay is the girl that is their good friend.
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One beaver said "in my imagination I see Baby Annie floating
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down the river on a log. She is enjoying herself now but she is getting
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close to a really big water fall and if she goes over the fall, we will
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never see her again."
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"Let's not exaggerate" said Papa Beaver. "There is no water fall
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down river."
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Another beaver said "I think she was abducted by green forest
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creatures that can fly who want her for their own baby because
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she is so cute. These green forest creatures are not mean, but they
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live very far from here in a deep forest. Baby Annie will get lost in
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the forest and she will never be able to find her way home again
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from there."
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"We never heard of green forest creatures that can fly and live in a
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deep forest," said Mama Beaver. "I know you are all trying to help,
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but some of your imaginations might be a bit far fetched. And if you
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are using your imaginations, why not imagine something nice."
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Lizzie said "because Baby Annie is so cute, I think a beautiful
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princess came on a flying carpet and took Baby Annie away to her
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castle in Beaver Flower Gardens. That is a place with the most
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beautiful trees and flowers and Baby Annie will be able to play there
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with all her animal friends. There will be a big swimming pool for
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them to play in and they will have all the best toys in the world.
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And Baby Annie will be able to visit her parents every day using a
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magic flying carpet and all the beavers will be very proud of her."
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"I like your imagination," said Randy. "And when she
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grows up she will marry a prince and they will live happily ever
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after in Beaver Flower Gardens."
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Mama Beaver said "I don't think all our imaginations are helping us
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to find Baby Annie. Maybe we better call on Shay."
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Shay is the girl who is a good friend of all the beavers.
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Lizzie went over to Shay and told her about the troubles they were
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having. Shay went back with her and talked to all the beavers.
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"Have you looked in all the beaver lodges?" Shay asked.
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"Yes we have", said Papa Beaver. "We have checked out every
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lodge in our neighborhood."
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Shay told them to all spread out and have another look. "I want you
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to look into every hole in the ground and into every hollow at the
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base of trees. Also look behind all bushes and in tall grass. She
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may have gotten injured and is unable to walk."
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The beavers all spread out and started looking again.
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Shay's imagination told her that all babies like to play and that all
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babies are very inquisitive. Just maybe Baby Annie explored homes
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that are not beaver homes and maybe she is visiting raccoons or
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muskrat that live in the area. She checked out a raccoon den first
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and was told they had not seen Baby Annie. Next she went over to
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the home of a muskrat family and knocked on the door. Mama
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Muskrat came to the door and asked "are you looking for Baby Annie?
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She is such a delightful child and she has been visiting with us."
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"I know you enjoy her visit," said Shay, "but everybody is looking
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for her and I must take her home now."
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Shay took Baby Annie back to her home and Mommy and Daddy were
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very happy to see their baby again. After hugging and kissing Baby
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Annie, they hugged and thanked Shay for finding her.
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After that incident they kept a very close eye on Baby Annie.
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