Roz and Brightbill walk around the beaver pond, where the beavers maintain a dam that has turned a narrow stream into a broad home for many animals. Seeing the many chewed stumps, Roz realizes the beavers constantly need wood and decides to offer help.

Roz chops down a tree with her flattened hand and carries it along the dam with Brightbill on her shoulder. The beavers stare in alarm until Mr. Beaver orders Roz to stop. Roz introduces herself and Brightbill, explains that she is not dangerous, and offers the tree as a gift for their dam.

Mr. Beaver refuses because he distrusts Roz, but Mrs. Beaver interrupts and points out that her husband is being stubborn and rude. Mrs. Beaver accepts the birch, and Roz clarifies that she is not a monster but a robot before tossing the tree into the water.

When Brightbill peeps from hunger, Roz feeds him grass. Paddler, the Beavers' son, asks whether the gosling thinks Roz is his mother. Roz explains that Brightbill's real mother is dead and that Roz has adopted him, which moves Paddler and softens Mr. Beaver slightly.

Roz then states her true purpose: she and Brightbill need a home, and Loudwing told her the beavers could help. Mr. Beaver complains about owing Loudwing favors, but after Mrs. Beaver's glare, the beaver family holds a meeting inside the lodge. Mr. Beaver finally agrees that if Roz brings four more healthy trees, he may have time to help build a home for Roz and Brightbill.