Help and big feelings
Night came and the forest sounded quieter. Mum checked it was safe to go out, telling Bettrys and Bevyn they had to stay in the tree hole until she came back and care for each other.
They did as they were told and when Bevyn started to whimper Bettrys held her close and they cried quietly together.
When they heard a noise outside they both jumped and then they realised it was mum followed by her beaver aunts, uncles and cousins. They’d all heard about the bad thing from the sky and they were glad that now they had help.
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Bettrys asked mum if the other beavers could go and bring back dad and Brac. Mum looked very sad and gently told her that dad and Brac had been so badly hurt that they would never wake up again or come home. Mum said that they had laid dad and Brac together in a special place underground where they would stay forever. She promised them that one day that they would go there and remember the special times they had together.
Mum held them both close and Bevan cried, but Bettrys’s tears did not come as easily, she felt angry about the bad thing. She wanted to leave the tree hole to go and find it, to hurt it and hit it, to scream at it for taking away dad and Brac. The other beavers listened to her as she wailed and whimpered.
They said it was okay for Bettrys to show her big feelings and to want things to be like they were before. They joined in with her sad and angry calls and beat their tails hard on the ground until they were worn out. Bettrys fell asleep snuggled together with her family around her.