A Hunted Beaver

In a large forest, there lived a beaver with a strong tail. Many people believed that this tail had special healing powers. Because of this, many people wanted to catch the beaver to take its tail.

One day, a person came into the forest. The beaver felt the danger and heard the person’s footsteps getting closer. The person wanted the beaver’s tail, and the beaver was very scared. It felt that its life was in danger.

The beaver then had an idea. Even though it knew it would hurt, it felt there was no other choice. Quickly, the beaver bit off its own tail.

When the person found only the tail and not the beaver, they felt happy and left the forest. The beaver was safe, but it had lost its tail. From that day on, the beaver lived quietly in the forest, without a tail but safe from people.