Chuck
The Behind the Puddle neighborhood beaver
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Puddle Stories | Apparently No One Covered Chuck’s Shift

Chuck is back. Apparently his little absence from the puddle came with consequences, because judging by his determination this morning, things have gotten completely out of hand while he was gone. Somewhere beneath all that duckweed is the Puddle Dinosaur, moving with the unmistakable urgency of someone who has returned from vacation to discover nobody… Continue reading
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Chuck Has Work to Do

Chuck the Beaver is back. It has been a while since I have seen our resident Puddle Dinosaur, but this morning there he was, moving quietly through the green water as though he had never been gone. Just the top of his head and back visible above the surface, leaving a trail behind him on… Continue reading
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Evidence They Were Here

It rained lightly for most of the day today, the kind of rain that doesn’t necessarily fill the puddle but changes the rhythm of everything around it. There weren’t many neighbors stopping by where I could see them. The geese weren’t wandering through the yard, Stella and Stanley weren’t standing along the shoreline, and even… Continue reading
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Good Enough
This morning, a familiar shape slipped quietly along the edge of the puddle. Our little beaver. Years ago, one of its kind claimed a tree in our yard for a meal. Many people would have seen only the damage. I remember seeing the tree, but I also remember thinking, We have a beaver. Today, there… Continue reading

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