The Adventures Of Paddy The Beaver in "Paddy The Beaver Begins Work."

Through the middle of this open place flowed the Laughing Brook. At the lower edge was just the place for a dam. It would not have to be very long, and when it was finished and the water was stopped in the Laughing Brook, it would just have to flow over the low, open place and make a pond there.
Paddy's eyes twinkled when he first saw it. It was right then that he made up his mind to stay in the Green Forest.