3:24<\/p>\n
Meredith stared down at her wet beaver and shook her head ruefully. He had apparently taken it into his head to make the trek across the wet muddy yard and visit the kitchen. And while a beaver may be water repellent, that doesn’t mean beavers won’t make a mess of whatever spot they choose to shed the water they are busy repelling.<\/p>\n
And that spot was the middle of her kitchen floor.<\/p>\n
And so there he sat, staring up at her with a less-than-angelic expression and whiskers a-tremble, dripping water and thick grey sludge onto her linoleum as if he were the most important creature in the world. And, Meredith mused, for all she knew, he might very well be. It’s not as if she had ever been able to figure out what he was doing here or why he wasn’t like all the other beavers. In fact, now that she thought about it, she never had put much effort in to exploring the mystery of the magically appearing roommate rodent. She had just added him into her life like a comfortable old friend come visiting and started looking to the tomorrows.<\/p>\n
Why, she hadn’t had any nightmares or stressed about pasts gone wrong or thought of that Barney in weeks, and she had all these new projects on the go and life was … well, life was just fine these days, wasn’t it. All in all this little mess-maker had brought nothing but positive energy with him; gone was the gloom of winter and cold stabbing knives of fear and worry.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuh,\u201d she said to the beaver\u2019s upturned face, \u201cI guess we make a good team.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, what do you want to do today, this gloom, rainy weird day?\u201d she asked the beaver as she turned toward the cupboard and grabbed a couple of tea towels. \u201cI suppose we could run errands. I really do need to pick some runners or a floor mat or two if you are going to be in the kitchen. Your claws aren’t doing my lino any good, and you can’t be getting too much traction on the hardwood in the living room.\u201d<\/p>\n
After giving him a brisk toweling she tossed the now dirty towels in to the basket by the laundry-room door and walked into the big pantry to grab the sponge mop.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you think of a trip into town? You haven’t seen it yet and you can wait in the truck while I do a few things.\u201d<\/p>\n
The beaver walked over to the warm oven, stretched out at its base and smiled up at her before closing his eyes contentedly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I guess you are entitled to a nap first,\u201d Meredith laughed. \u201c How about I just finish with this load of laundry and then we can be off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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