CHAPTER XIII 

LIGHTFOOT AND PADDY BECOME PARTNERS 

The instant Lightfoot saw Paddy the Beaver he knew that for the time being, at least, there was no danger. He knew that Paddy is one of the shyest of all the little people of the Green Forest and that when he is found working in the daytime it means that he has been undisturbed for a long time; otherwise he would work only at night. 

Paddy saw Lightfoot almost as soon as he stepped out on the bank. He kept right on swimming with the branch of a poplar-tree until he reached his food pile, which, you know, is in the water. There he forced the branch down until it was held by other branches already sunken in the pond. This done, he swam over to where Lightfoot was watching. "Hello, Lightfoot!" he exclaimed. "You are looking handsomer than ever. How are you feeling these fine autumn days?" 

"Anxious," replied Lightfoot. "I am feeling terribly anxious. Do you know what day this is?" 

"No," replied Paddy, "I don't know what day it is, and I don't particularly care. It is enough for me that it is one of the finest days we've had for a long time." 

"I wish I could feel that way," said Lightfoot wistfully. "I wish I could feel that way, Paddy, but I can't. No, Sir, I can't. You see, this is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for me. The hunters started looking for me before Mr. Sun was really out of bed. At least one hunter did, and I don't doubt there are others. I fooled that one, but from now to the end of the hunting season there will not be a single moment of daylight when I will feel absolutely safe." 
Does today have special significance to Lightfoot?
Why?
Who does he think will be around?
Did he encounter one yet?
Late in the day?
When?
Does he feel secure?
Is Paddy anxious?
What is he doing when Lightfoot arrives?
On what?
Does he always do that during the day?
When does he work during the day?
And when does he labor when there have been folk around?
Why?
What time of year is it?
How's the weather?
Does Paddy mention Lightfoot's appearance?
Does he call him ugly?
How does he describe him?
Where do these characters live?
yes
 the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for me
it is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for him
You see, this is the first of the most dreadful days in all the year for me
hunters
The hunters started looking for me before
yes
At least one hunter did, and I don't doubt there are others
no
The hunters started looking for me before Mr. Sun was really out of bed
before Mr. Sun was really out of bed
 looking for me before Mr. Sun was really out of bed
no
there will not be a single moment of daylight when I will feel absolutely safe
no
"I don't know what day it is, and I don't particularly care
working
that when he is found working in the daytime it means that he has been undisturbed
his food pile
swimming with the branch of a poplar-tree until he reached his food pile
no
otherwise he would work only at night. 
when he has been undisturbed for a long time
when he is found working in the daytime it means that he has been undisturbed for a long time
at night
undisturbed for a long time; otherwise he would work only at night. 
he is one of the shyest of all the little people
Paddy is one of the shyest of all the little people
autumn
How are you feeling these fine autumn days
fine
 it is one of the finest days we've had for a long time
yes
You are looking handsomer than ever.
no
You are looking handsomer than ever
handsomer than ever
"You are looking handsomer than ever
the Green Forest
little people of the Green Forest 