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They called me mad Jack, and if there's anybody in these mountains that knows the real story of James Adams, that'd be me.

So I'm putting it down in writing just the way it happened in hopes of setting the record straight.

And my friend Adams was accused of a crime he didn't commit.

So he escaped into the mountains, leaving behind the only life that he ever knew.

Now that wilderness out there ain't no place for a green horn.

And his chances of surviving were mighty slim, where no time at all for he was beaten down, bragged, nearly stubborn.

Well, about then he come upon a grizzly bear cub all alone and helpless.

Adams knew that little critter couldn't survive without his help, so he started right down that cliff, risking his own life to save him.

Now that cub took the Adams right off.

That was when he discovered he had a special kind of way with animals.

They'd just come right up to him like he was a natural part of the wilderness.

But that bear cub, he was extra special.

As he growled he became the best friend Adams ever had, and together they became a legend.

There's a world where we don't have to run anywhere. There's a time where Carl are all living free and harmony and majesty.

Take me home, take me home, take me home, take me home, take me home.

Sometimes the wilderness can seem as peaceful and innocent as a little baby sleeping in his grave.

But I seen times when one minute you didn't know what was coming, and the next you was wondering what just hit you.

Why, up in them clouds there's a whole different world going on.

Thunder kicking up a terrible fuss like someone holy giant stomping on the roof.

And the worst place to be when the sky opens up is out in it.

Of course, that's where all Adams always liked it best, right?

Dab in the middle.

Easy, bad, easy, it's all his doing.

Calm down, friend.

Seems to be letting up.

Seems to be letting up.

Come on, Ben. Rain's all over.

What is it, Ben? What's the matter?

A fire. Like me must have started. Come on, let's see what we can do.

Get back, Ben. I gotta see if there's any animals in there.

You're okay, now. Go on.

Hold it, little fella. I got you.

You get out of here and go find your mom.

Easy, little fella. I got you.

Well, that looks like everybody.

Well, you look all right.

Look at them four beavers, Ben.

I'm glad they stopped that fire from spreading.

Now, I guess they're out of a home.

Well, I'm sorry your home burned down, little fella.

Now, you haven't got any wood to rebuild with.

But don't you worry, there's other pretty places upstream.

There's plenty of wood up there.

You'll rebuild and make a new home for yourself.

Besides, it's all burned out here. You'd be a lot happier somewhere else.

Nature has a clever kind of way of sitting itself right and giving life back to everything in the wilderness.

When there's nowhere else to go, and you feel you're all alone, don't be afraid.

You're not alone.

When the sunlight turns to darkness, and you feel you can't go home,

don't be afraid.

You're not alone.

Even when it's cloudy, there will be a railfire.

And our hopes and dreams will all take way in flight.

So don't worry about tomorrow, and the beauty of today will see you through.

You're not alone.

What's that? Come on, let's see.

That little cubs better watch out. He's gonna get his nose slapped by that flat tail.

All right, Ben. You're gonna go in there and break it up before somebody accidentally gets hurt.

Be careful, don't hurt anybody. That'll do it, Ben.

All right, Ben, that's enough.

I haven't seen Beavers in our valley before.

Come on, let's go have a look. Come on.

I thought so. This is Beavers doing, Ben.

A brand new beaver dam looks like the same Beavers that were at the burned-out pond.

As soon as that dam's done, this whole valley's gonna be flooded. That means us too, Ben.

Our cabin's right in the path.

We're gonna be swept clean away, old-timer.

Oh, Adam! Hey, Jack! Down here! I'll be with you quicker than possible, sweet.

Come on.

Come on. What's your name, you see?

Little water, ain't gonna melt you now. Come on.

I'm sorry, you. Come on. Dad, come on.

You know you keep this up number seven and there's gonna be a number eight real quick.

You got all the mean streaks of all the other six rolled into one mean, can paint this body.

Now, let's get...

Come on up here number seven.

You...you were living a hard time. Now you're through.

All right, number seven. It's good to see you. Good to see you.

You're a long time.

Easy, Ben. You know number seven, ain't exactly part of this.

Go ahead and laugh, you fool!

That's a number seven. There's gonna be another eight before you know it.

I put it round.

I'm not mad.

Dad, you're so good to see you.

You're looking so good.

Ben, I'll just shake.

You've been a long time since I've seen you cross that stream.

That's the way them beavers are working another couple of weeks and you're gonna have to be 20 feet tall to get across that stream.

How come you let the beavers build there anyway?

We had a fire up yonder about, I don't know, two, three weeks ago.

I know I crossed the burn on the way down.

I just kind of feel responsible for them. I'm the one who told them to move and build a new home and they just follow me to this spot.

Well, I just wouldn't be neighborly if I kicked them out.

Neighborly.

Once that water backs up into your valley, you're gonna be the first man to leave it using the cabin for canoe.

Sound like a man that's been out in the sun too long without his hat.

I used to end to lose everything. I have to move your cabin on top of that.

Now if somebody has to lose their place, why can't it be them beavers?

You know that ain't right.

They got this as much right to this land as you and me.

I'm not gonna be a man.

I'm not gonna be a man.

You know that ain't right. They got this as much right to this land as you and me.

You sound just like that young lawyer fella from over the Mississippi in Illinois.

Abe Lincoln.

He told me about him once before. He sure sounds like a good man.

He's not bad for a real splitter.

I doubt if he ever announced anything.

You'll be smiling when the water's running down the chimney of your cabin.

Now why don't you just tell them beaver to get?

Now I know he lost your home in the fire.

And all you want to do is build a new one.

But this dandelier building here is gonna flood out the whole valley.

And I know you don't want to do that.

So why don't you just take your home to the valley up yonder?

I'd sure appreciate it.

I'll tell you what. You just think it over and come over and you can make a decision.

And I know you won't feel bad about doing the right thing.

Well, at least I hope you won't.

You know, I think they listen to me. I'm sure they're gonna go.

I'll believe that when number seven there starts fixing coffee in the morning.

And that ain't likely.

He he he. The key yonder.

They're right back to work. Didn't pay you no mind at all.

Well James Adams, what are you gonna do now?

You got any ideas?

Well, I might have left my head in some vittles under my belt.

You're making flapjacks?

Flapjacks for supper? Sure.

I ain't got no flour. I got flour? Well, I'm out of maple syrup.

Got syrup too? Well, I'll make them flapjacks.

You're all steve for supper. All right.

Well, are you coming? You want me to torch on my back?

No, I'm still kind of tuck it out.

I think I'll just sit here, spell and rest my worry bones.

Maybe talk to Ben. I haven't talked to Ben in a long time.

We've got a lot to talk about. We'll be along soon.

Come on number seven.

There's only one kind of language.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, baby, that's good.

One language that them beavers understand.

Sometimes they can be as good as they can be.

Well, I've got to just say my friend from himself. You know.

Oh, he's a lover. I've got to just say my friend from himself. You know.

Oh.

Oh, hey, easy.

Sorry, old buddy. This is the way it's got to be.

It's either you or me, and it sure ain't going to be me.

Come on number seven. You can do it.

Come on. That's it.

Whoa. Easy. Come on.

Come on.

Yeah, man, there.

If that doesn't save you, I don't know what does.

Come on, let's go home. We don't want to be late for supper.

There I was, deep in the jungle. And this giant giant snake comes down out of this tree.

And I mean he was a big one. He must have weighed 100 pounds a morning.

It's come down and he wrapped himself around my neck.

And he starts to squeeze me, choke me to death.

And I grab him, and I am resting for me.

And finally I just close the life out of that fair python.

Like that.

I told you that was one dead python.

Ain't no pythons in North America. I know that. I killed the last four.

That's why it all looked good. You know, I worked myself up an appetite.

Do you want a pancake bed?

Here you go.

Do you want another stack of cakes?

Oh, no, no. Three helpens of this is enough for any man.

Well, I ain't wanted to count, but you know, that's the four stack you've had.

You don't mind if I make myself another stack to you?

Oh, no, no, you go right ahead. Thanks.

You know, I think that snake happened in the...

Uh-oh, we got trouble.

Please, don't move it.

No!

Oh, you move.

I can handle this.

I've got to beat on him.

Oh, the big python killer.

Afraid of a couple skunks.

That's okay, Jack. I'll save you.

Mary Lou, Daniel.

It's my friend Jack.

Don't be frightened. Now we'll just have a little company for dinner.

You stay right there and I'll get yours. Now don't move.

Stay right there. I don't think we'll hurt you now, Jack.

Hey.

Uh-uh.

Would you like a flatjack?

Put some syrup on it.

Come on, Mary Lou.

Daniel?

Hi, Mary Lou. Here, here's your supper.

There you go.

Daniel, you hungry?

Right here.

There you go.

There.

I hope you guys enjoyed that.

Uh-uh.

Which one's Daniel?

Well, that one right there.

Oh, I would've thought the other than the heathen looks more like a dandel to me.

They'd sure be a lot friendlier if Daniel'd leave him alone.

I keep warning about skunks, but he just won't listen.

He probably thinks their squirrels were quite tail.

Where are your faptures?

Oh, there's a lot of better.

Well, here.

Have one of these.

Oh, no, Jack.

No, no, no.

No, no, I don't want to short you.

Ben ain't old, sir.

It's a common one.

That's all gone, too.

Take part of mine.

There you go.

Mighty cozy place you and Ben got here.

It's a shame it's all going to be washed away.

Maybe another fire'd do the trick.

Jack, that ain't funny.

Now, if I can't get him to move pieceable, then there's nothing left for me to do except just to, well, pack up and move out.

I'm glad Ben's here to look after you.

To let a few pesky beavers run you off your own land and flood you out is, is, is dumber in a rock.

Sometimes when I'm up visiting Adams, I kind of get to wishin' I'd been born a bear.

They got it pretty easy.

Not a care in the world, of course.

A bear-like Ben ain't one for sittin' around, blazin' in the sun.

If there's some kind of mischief to get him to, you'll find a bear.

Like rabbits, for instance.

He thinks them bunnies is nothin' but bears, just like himself, only litter.

Why'd I think he'd give anything if he could hop around like them?

Yes, sir.

Ben is friendly to just about every critter there is in the woods.

No matter how big they are or if they got fur or feathers, he likes them all the same.

He's kind of like Adams that way.

Every animal is just as good as the next.

And if he comes onto some strange look, we feller, he don't tuck his tail and run.

Not Ben.

He gets right in there and says, howdy.

Frisk is the devil wantin' to play.

Of course, sometimes he don't have any idea what he's gettin' hisself into, but you don't take long for him to find out.

Now a beaver will put up with plenty.

And they like to wrestle around and jump and splice just as much as the next feller.

But Ben, he started gettin' curious about what that blue critter must taste like.

And so he decided he'd, well, just take a little bite.

Now, bein' good on ain't one of a beaver's favorite bees.

And he'll stand right up and tell you so just in case there's any doubt.

Ben knows how to take a hint.

And if a critter don't wanna play with ya, the best thing to do is just move on.

Ben came upon that beaver damn again.

He decided he'd do us all a favor and help whittle it down to size.

He didn't have nothin' personal against the beaver.

I guess he just remembered that I had done it.

I figured it must be the right thing to do.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Number seven, will he move it?

Get off the pack, will ya?

Now, if you mess with me before I have my morning coffee, you ain't gonna get your morning coffee.

So move it.

Will you get off?

I'm gonna send you to a home for old burrows.

Is the coffee ready?

Not unless number seven made it during the night.

No good.

Don't stir yourself, I'll get the water for the coffee.

This river sure seems like it's getting wider, don't it?

Seems like it is.

A little while from now, you want water, you just reach out your cabin window, it'll be there.

Thanks to your beaver, friends.

Cold water wash sure feels stimulating.

Ain't you gonna wash?

I already did.

Uh-huh.

Oh no.

Adam?

Adam, get up here.

What in tarnation is it?

Well, you can trust him.

Just relax your bones.

I've been in the woods long enough to know there's two things you can't trust.

That's a skunk or a rattlesnake.

Uh-oh, here comes Ben.

Ben, no.

Ben, no, no, get over here.

Ben, I told you.

Oh, well, ain't there fault he shook on him.

Wonder why he went swimming so early anyhow.

Maybe he was trying to convince the leavers they ought to move.

Well, I hope he didn't bother them beavers.

I gotta go look.

Come on.

But I haven't had my...

No.

Come on, number seven, let's get ready to go.

I thought so.

I could Ben do this.

Now, uh, hold on.

This, uh, this ain't exactly Ben's do it.

You see, I did this.

They can, that's the only talk that they understand, you see.

And, well, I guess Ben saw me do it and figured I didn't do it, couldn't I?

Jack, you're a good phone.

But you just made these beavers more.

They're dead set on staying now.

They ain't ever gonna move.

But make them move.

But you only make them move to that will of Grove upstream.

That'd be a perfect home for them.

There's gotta be a way.

I got an idea.

We move into the dam, and they move up to the will of Grove.

Huh.

No.

No.

You go up to the will of Grove.

Start cutting me some branches.

The tender ones you can find.

Tender.

Just get.

Start cutting me the branches.

You'll see, I'm gonna make them think my way.

One number seven.

He wants tender will branches, he gets tender will branches.

Alright, now listen.

I got an idea that's gonna make us all happy.

Alright?

You fellas are gonna love this idea.

Couldn't be easier for Broftat will of Grove right to your doors.

Don't you worry now, I ain't gonna hurt you.

All I wanna do is show you the prettiest place on earth to build your new dam.

It's pretty in this place.

You'd be real grateful to me.

There's plenty of food, lots of fresh water, everything.

It's a lot nicer in here.

We are away no time.

Number seven.

You better hope that this plan works, because if it don't,

you and me are liable to have to tear down a perfectly good cabin and tow it maybe three, four miles.

Sam.

You can jack-ravity's mosquitoes are on it.

Now, these ain't the oner's mosquitoes that I ever did see.

I remember one time I was summer up on the Platte River.

Now, the mosquitoes up there, they were not only on-rate, they were big.

Yes, sir.

They were the biggest birds.

They had stingers as long as rifles are.

I remember one time one of them mosquitoes took out after me and I run away from it.

And I just made the cabin and the next time I slammed the door on it.

After a bit, a lot of his friends come along.

Nate, stuck their stingers through that cabin and I was running around inside,

clinching them over like horseshoe nails, until I had them at six or eight of them stuck to that cabin.

You should have heard the noise that their wings made.

After a while, I began floating.

They lifted that cabin right up off the ground and set it down in one of the prettiest meadows you ever did want to see.

That's the truth.

Who do you look like you don't believe me?

We're all going to take a little trip together.

Come on.

Isn't this nice?

That's a good boy.

Get your babies in here, Mama.

Come on, little guy.

That's a good boy.

Just swim right up in the back of that.

Come on.

Good.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa, you're looking there.

So, ain't this the greatest place you ever seen?

Well, just look at all these trees.

There's good fresh, clean running water.

I mean, it's the best swimming and drinking water in the whole country.

But just look at these hills.

Have you ever seen anything so pretty in your whole life?

Well, I don't know about you then.

But if you're convinced me, you know, I'd like to live here.

I mean, look at it. They're just reaching up, touching those white fleecy clouds.

And there's plenty of good food, lots of wood to use your teeth on.

And just smell this good air.

It makes you feel good to be a man.

I mean a beaver.

And it's real quiet. Nobody's going to bother you.

Hey, fellas.

Fellas, where you going?

I ain't finished yet.

Hey, come on back.

What's the matter?

Sorry, Adam. Nice try, but like I was telling you,

you'll never convince them beaver with talk.

Water that was sure rising fast, Ben.

Well, I guess it's time for us to start packing up and moving out.

Ben.

Ben, would you get away from them, Skunks?

Listen to me, Ben.

Aren't you been sprayed enough?

When are you going to learn?

They may be little, but they pack a powerful wallop.

Ben, they're going to make you one side.

Ben, I'll get away.

Ben.

I'm glad to see you're so happy.

Doesn't every day a man gets a chance to tear down his cabin and toad it over a mountain?

Would you quit acting like your store-tow is killing you?

Now I found a real fine place up the underbought two or three miles.

And we're just moving the cabin up there?

Well, yeah.

I'm glad to see you're so happy.

I'm glad to see you're so happy.

I'm glad you're here to get by your cabin up there.

Ben, do you know what I mean?

Ben.

I'm glad to hear you're here.

I'm glad to hear you're here.

I'm glad to see you're here.

No, no, no.

I'm glad to hear you're here.

I'm glad to hear you're here.

Ben, do you know why?

flat you're off of your house.

There's only one way to keep them beavers from running us off.

We ain't going up there and shooting a bunch of helpless animals.

But if the animals...

Uh-uh, no. I'm alive today because of them animals.

They saved my life. And them beavers don't know what they're doing.

I mean, it's just a misunderstanding.

Well, let's make them understand. That's what I'm telling you.

Would you pull that rifle on me over a misunderstanding?

Well, no.

Well, it's the same with them beaver, but...

I can't reason with you.

I can't reason with the beaver. I can't reason with Ben.

I'm the only one that makes any sense.

And that goes for you too.

You watch what you're doing. You almost hit me in the head with that log.

Oh, I wouldn't want to do that. The log's too valuable.

Well, that's real funny, Jack.

It reminds me.

What about all your other friends in this valley?

You're going to move every nasty cave. You're going to move them out too?

Yeah, I didn't even think about that.

They're my friends too. I just couldn't let them stay here and get flooded out.

Now, just hold it right there.

If you're counting on me to help you, forget it.

I move in one cabin, and that's it.

Well, Kahn found that there's got to be something we can do.

Paul used to say, to figure out a solution, you've got to understand the problem.

Well, I understand the problem, but I...

Oh, uh, looks like Mary Lou and Ben were back.

Calm down, Jack. They're after Ben. They've been chasing him all day.

I warned him. I told him not to mess around with them, skunks.

But he just don't.

Hey! Wait a minute.

I got an idea.

Dunks.

That's all we need right now.

You know you're absolutely, positively, a hundred percent right?

That's just what we need.

Are you local?

No, I ain't. Local, Paul was right.

If you understand the problem, the solution will come.

It just takes a heap of figure and it's all.

Mary Lou?

Adam?

Look at these fairies. Don't they look good?

Come on. We're going to go on the little picnic. Come on.

Come on. Come on. Here we go.

Come on, Mary Lou. Come on, Adam.

Come out now, Ben.

Mary Lou and Dan, we'll go on.

Now listen, you two are going to have to help me with these beavers.

On a picnic?

That boy needs looking after.

Come on, Mary Lou.

Come on, Dan. Come on out on the dam.

That's good.

I want you and the beavers to have a nice talk.

Yeah.

Now I'm really counting on you, fellas, to just step right up and say hello to them, critters.

Pfft.

Pfft.

The pet beaver's just down right down.

If you know what's good for you beaver, you'll get out when you still smell good.

Pfft.

Put a wash off that even.

So a couple of skunks take on a few beavers.

How's that going to save the valley?

It's a little patience, Jack.

Mary Lou and Dan all night, we got it all figured out.

You talked to skunks too.

Yeah. Not like so, my friends. They listen to me.

Hey. You look yonder.

Look at that.

Yeah.

They're all headed back up to the willagrope upstream.

We're not going to have to move the cabin.

Oh, what's more important, the animals in the valley won't be flooded.

We did it.

We did it.

Dan!

We did it.

We.

Well, I'm not going to say that you didn't help something.

But it was bending me that really discouraged them from living here.

Why have we just...

Why don't we just get on back to the cabin and start rebuilding?

You go ahead. I'm going to tear this dam out.

Let this water go back where it belongs in the river.

Here we go.

Oh, come on, Ben.

Oh, that's it, Ben. That's the last rock.

I think we can make a real nice car.

Oh, Ben.

Oh, Ben.

Oh, Ben.

Oh, Ben.

Oh, Ben. That's the last rock. I think we can make a real nice garden right here.

Oh, Kyle. Number seven, come on.

Nobody can be as mean and can take us as you are without practicing.

Well, I wouldn't mind taking old number seven off your hands, Jack.

Oh, I think I'll just maybe give him another chance.

Besides, I wouldn't want to be hauling my trach goods up here on my own back.

Well, it's kind of nice to see some dry land around here for a change.

I have to admit, James, you're right.

Old number seven of me came through the will of Grove.

Them beavers got it looking all green-lush and beautiful.

And they seem kind of happy.

Well, I'm grateful it all worked out.

I sure hate to see anybody put out over a little misunderstanding.

Of course, it's Mary Lou and Dano that we ought to be thanking.

Mary Lou and Dano, you don't believe those skunks really understood what you were asking them to do, do you?

Well, of course, they understood what I was asking them to do.

Why you couldn't get them skunks to do that again in a milk in two million years.

That thinking a skunk understands what you're saying to it.

Well, you might be right, but I don't think Mary Lou and Dano are going to like what you're saying.

This is everything you ordered.

I'll see you next trip, James. I got some more food.

I'm afraid to do.

Well, I'll see you later, Jack.

Bye.

Hey, ain't you staying for supper?

No, thanks.

Don't you fret, man. We're going to have plenty of company for dinner.

When's blowing the right way?

You just wait until Jack gets a wist and flying flap, Jacks.

Heard a buffalo couldn't keep him away.

The deep inside the forest is adorned to an underland.

Here is our life at home.

We are staying here forever in the beauty of this place all along.

We keep on hoping.

Maybe there's a world where we don't have to run.

Maybe there's a time we'll call our own.

Live in green harmony and majesty.

Take me home.

Take me home.