Along with all of these folksy, educational stories are daily updates on Paddy's growth and behavior.
Like his other books, the reader learns about the life cycle of various animals, predator/prey relationships, and of the passing of the seasons. lived for four months in a tent near the pond where he rescued Paddy, studying the wildlife that lived in the area. It's the wonderful story of Paddy, a baby beaver that R.D. Lawrence, and this is the 6th book of his I've read.
Lawrence alternates information about beavers with his experiences that summer and at other times in the wild, along with that hard-earned wisdom of those who have really learned to observe thoughtfully and carefully. He raises the tiny creature-a true naturalist Lawrence never went anywhere without eye-droppers and powdered milk for just this sort of situation-over the course of the five months he is at the lake and by the time he leaves the beaver is re-adopted by his family, which isn't really a spoiler because this is a story that is all in the telling. and as with many quests, it's when you are about to give up that things begin happening. Frantic with concern over the kits who would be doomed to die with no mother to feed them, he searched and searched.
Move over Bambi to make room for Paddy! A few days after arriving at a pristine lake in Ontario, Lawrence stumbled across the meagre remains of a wolf kill and recognized that the prey had been a lactating female beaver.
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