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BUCKY THE TIME-BINDING BEAVER
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Copyright informationCopyright International Society for General Semantics Jul 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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[This chapter from Levinson 's Practical Fairy Tales for Everyday Living (iUniverse, 2007) demonstrates that human progress occurs because we can pass information across generations.]
ONCE UPON A TIME, in the far-off hamlet of Beaverton, Oregon, a lovely little community situated midway between majestic Mount Hood and the spectacular Oregon coast, there lived a beaver named Bucky who was in the construction business. Bucky's specialty was erecting dams, specifically beaver dams. These barriers help to create the deep water that is needed for winter food storage. Beavers have been putting up dams the same way for thousands of years and they are pretty good at it.
One fine spring day, a ...
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