Charlie the Beaver wants to be a tramp when he grows up. "Tramps
don't have to learn how to chop down trees and how to roll logs and how
to build dams. Tramps just tramp around and have a good time. Tramps
carry sticks with little bundles tied to them. They sleep in a field
when the weather is nice, and when it rains they sleep in a barn."
Charlie sets off with his bundle. But when he hears water trickling, he
can't get to sleep. Will he be able to resist the urge to make it stop?
As Grandfather Beaver says, "You never know when a tramp will turn out
to be a beaver."
Winner of the Boys Club of America Junior Book Award, 1968