Beavers and a dog, and a great klicky with a great backpack - and a very interesting tree!
In the photo above, the different colour of the top part of the tree is very obvious. It is not so obvious in reality, but I will see if I can find better matching parts. The chewed-wood parts of the tree will fit into other tree parts:
The box shows the tree falling.
Reproducing this is not very easy, and may result in a stunned beaver.
The fallen part of the tree needs to be firstly supported on a little branch which slots into the lower tree trunk.
This little branch then needs twisting round to the ideal supportive position.
Then the leaves which touch the ground also need twisting round until they support the chewed-parts perfectly.
The beavers, incidentally, are darker than the ones I already had - shown here on the right:
Also on the box, a beaver is shown balancing between its toes and tail, in order to be the correct height for tree chewing.
I couldn't make it look quite so good. It needs a handy plant or something hiding its tail-balancing, I think.
So, I just sat the beaver next to tree, and said to Mr Raven, who had bought me this set, thinking it would be useful for my new zoo, 'Look! It's cool, isn't it?'
Then.....
.... he said, 'Why is that beaver worshiping the tree?'
Next thing I know, there's a whole bunch of beavers worshiping the tree.
And then they brought candles and offerings.
And now I've got the image of tree-worshiping beavers totally stuck in my brain. I don't
want tree-worshiping beavers in my zoo!
But I've already drawn the zoo map, and it has a beaver exhibit:
Maybe there won't be any trees in it. Maybe all the trees will be have been already chewed into unworshipable branches. Maybe the beavers will be asleep. Or at the dentist's. Or something.
