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Beavers and a Beadwork of Big Woods Lore Told to Randolph Children
In the Broadlands tale Daddy Laban recounts beaver ancestry and a Great Spirit fable. Mammy Beaver pleads for shared blessings, prompting a comic tail growth that alters beaver life and sparks a lesson on manners. The vivid rustic storyteller voice evokes Cherokee lineage, plantation setting, and folk tradition.
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Randolph
Broadlands
Daddy Laban
Uncle Bergen
Pate
Patricia
Isabel
Morse
Beaver
Mammy Beaver