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. 

"You see, we who live in the Smiling Pool love it dearly, and we don't want to have to leave it, but if the water cannot run down the Laughing Brook, there can be no Smiling Pool, and so we will have to move off to the Big River," concluded Jerry Muskrat. "That is why I tried to spoil your dam." 

There was a twinkle in the eyes of Paddy the Beaver as he replied: "Well, now that you have found out that you can't do that, because I am bigger than you and can stop you, what are you going to do about it?" 

"I don't know," said Jerry Muskrat sadly. "I don't see what we can do about it. Of course you are big and strong and can do just as you please, but it doesn't seem right that we who have lived here so long should have to move and go away from all that we love so just because you, a stranger, happen to want to live here. I tell you what!" Jerry's eyes sparkled as a brand new thought came to him. "Couldn't you come down and live in the Smiling Pool with us? I'm sure there is room enough!" 

Paddy the Beaver shook his head. "No," said he, and Jerry's heart sank. "No, I can't do that because down there there isn't any of the kind of food I eat. Besides, I wouldn't feel at all safe in the Smiling Pool. You see, I always live in the woods. No, I couldn't possibly come down to live in the Smiling Pool. But I'm truly sorry that I have made you so much worry, Cousin Jerry, and I'm going to prove it to you. Now you sit right here until I come back."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who had caused the beaver some trouble
2. The beaver had gotten some trouble by whom?
3. 
Q2:
1. What had Jerry Muskrat done?
2. What did Jerry Muskrat do?
3. 
Q3:
1. What was the name of the beaver whose dam was spoilt by Jerry Muskrat?
2. What was the beaver's name?
3. Who was the beaver who made the dam?
Q4:
1. How were Paddy and Jerry Muskrat related?
2. What was the beaver's relationship with the animal that destroyed his dam?
3. What was Paddy's relationship to Jerry Muskrat?
Q5:
1. Where had Paddy's damn caused issues?
2. Where was the beaver causing problems?
3. 
Q6:
1. Where else was Paddy's dam causing problems?
2. The beaver's dam was causing problems where else?
3. 
Q7:
1. Were the residents of the pond where Paddy's dam had caused problems fond of it?
2. Was the pond that was experiencing issues because of Paddy beloved by its residents?
3. 
Q8:
1. Did the pond's residents want to leave the pond?
2. Did the residents of the pond want to leave it?
3. 
Q9:
1. Through where did the water for the Smiling Pool come?
2. Where did Smiling Pool's water travel down before reaching the pool?
3. 
Q10:
1. Could the Smiling Pool survive without the Laughing brook?
2. 
3. 
Q11:
1. Where were the residents of the Smiling Pool moving to?
2. After the beaver's dam was causing problems, where did the residents of the Smiling Pool move to?
3. Where were the Smiling Pool's residents moving to?
Q12:
1. What was in Paddy the beaver's expression when he answered Jerry Muskrat's queries?
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3. 
Q13:
1. Was Paddy the beaver smaller than Jerry Muskrat?
2. Was Jerry Muskrat bigger than Paddy the beaver?
3. Was Paddy the beaver smaller in size than Jerry Muskrat was?
Q14:
1. What did Paddy the beaver say he could do to Jerry Muskrat's plan?
2. Paddy the beaver said he could do what to Jerry Muskrat's plan?
3. 
Q15:
1. Did Jerry Muskrat know what to do?
2. 
3. 
Q16:
1. Had Paddy the beaver been living there for a long time?
2. Was Paddy the beaver living in that area for a while?
3. 
Q17:
1. What did Jerry Muskrat invite Paddy the beaver to do instead?
2. What did Jerry Muskrat propose to Paddy the beaver?
3. What did Jerry Muskrat offer to Paddy the beaver as an alternative?
Q18:
1. Did Paddy the beaver agree to Jerry Muskrat's idea?
2. Was Paddy the beaver in agreement with Jerry Muskrat's new proposal?
3. 
Q19:
1. Why did Paddy the beaver not agree to Jerry Muskrat's idea?
2. Why did Paddy the beaver reject the idea of living with the other animals?
3. Why did Paddy the beaver turn Jerry Muskrat's idea down?
Q20:
1. Where did Paddy the beaver prefer to live?
2. Where was Paddy the beaver used to living?
3. What kind of environment did Paddy the beaver prefer living in?
