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The Eager Beaver
UNITED STATES · 1946

The Eager Beaver

Chuck Jones
coming of age ambition family cooperation natural disaster redemption
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Synopsis

Anxious to get to work with the big guys damming the river before the flood hits, a little beaver keeps getting in the way of their work. Finally, the foreman sends him off to chop down that big tree "way over there." Meanwhile, the flood rushes closer and closer.

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