A boy beaver decides he wants to be a tramp who sleeps in open fields and does odd jobs for food, but his beaver instincts eventually get the best of him.
Charlie the Beaver wants to be a tramp when he grows up. Tramps dont 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 cant 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
Tramps dont have to do any work. They just tramp around and have a good time. But when Charlie hears water trickling, can he resist the urge to make it stop?
