One day in Southeast Alaska, near the Tlingit village, was a forest with a beautiful, blue lake near a lot of Sitka spruce and red cedar trees. This lake was not very far from the ocean, and it had snowy mountains all around it. And on a sunny day a brown beaver was swimming to his lodge in the middle of the blue lake when he saw his friend, Puffin.

Puffin ruffled his white and black feathers and stuck his orange nose in the air and swam to Beaver and gargled, "What are you doing?" Beaver whistled through his teeth, " I am finishing my lodge." About that time they saw Raven, a blue and black bird, and Hare, a fluffy brown rabbit, beside the lake. Puffin and Beaver went to go talk to Hare and Raven.

Raven saw Beaver's long buckteeth and cackled, "I think you better go and munch on a tree." Beaver's feelings were hurt. He swam back to his lodge.

Then Beaver heard a little boy crying. He swam back to land and went to see what he was crying about. A large tree trunk fell on Kakya's leg, and Kakya couldn't move. So Beaver walked over to Kakya and chattered, "What's wrong?" Kakya sniffled, "I can't get up, and my leg hurts." Beaver scampered away and said, "Wait here and I'll get help." So Beaver went to get Raven, Hare and Puffin. Beaver told them a little boy had a tree trunk on his leg and he needed help. They went back to where the boy was and saw the little boy trying to push the tree trunk off his leg.

Then they all tried to push the trunk off Kakya's leg, but they couldn't move it. Raven looked at Beaver's long buckteeth, and Raven screeched excitedly, "Beaver, why don't you cut the tree with your long buckteeth!" Beaver chattered, "Great idea!" So Beaver took his teeth and started biting through the tree. They all pushed on the tree trunk and freed Kakya. Kakya ran over to Beaver and hugged him and thanked him for his help. Hare noticed Beaver's teeth were shorter and muttered, "Beaver, your teeth are shorter." They all looked at Beaver's buckteeth and were surprised. His teeth were shorter!

Kakya ran home and told all the kids in his village the story of the brave bucktoothed beaver and how he saved him and shortened his teeth. Parents still tell the story when they see beavers. All beavers now chew wood to keep their teeth just the right length.