The Senator and I were doing some chores around the outpost today. We were hauling the trash down to the dumpster, and we saw a woodchuck. I recited the “How much wood…” rhyme. He asked, “Mom, does a woodchuck go into the woods and beave down a whole mess of trees?”
Beave?
“Yeah, you know, like a beaver beaves down trees?”
He created his own verb.
While I applaud the creativity, I had to hand down a few English language guidelines. I’m afraid “beave” could get us into some trouble somewhere down the road.