The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

‘Think what fun we shall all have together, just as we used to, when you’ve quite got over this—this ...

‘Thank you so much, dear Ratty! So good of you to inquire! But first tell me how you are yourself, and t ...

case like this—or doctors either, for that matter; still, one must grasp at the slightest straw. And, by ...

worst of it is, he’ll be so conceited with what he’ll think is his cleverness that he may commit any f ...

The car stood in the middle of the yard, quite unattended, the stable-helps and other hangers-on being all ...

‘First-rate!’ said the Chairman. ‘—So you had better make it a round twenty years and be on the safe si ...

VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN The Willow-Wren was twittering his thin little song, hidden himself in the dar ...

for some days now, and the Otters have hunted everywhere, high and low, without finding the sl ...

wherever shadows fell on the water from bank, bush, or tree, they were as solid to all appearanc ...

is again!’ he cried, alert once more. Entranced, he was silent for a long space, spellbound. ‘Now it passe ...

quiet surface with twirling eddies and floating foam-streaks, and deadened all other sounds with its sole ...

round, podgy, childish form of the baby otter. All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, v ...

moment, however, his face grew blank, and he fell to hunting round in a circle with pleading whine. A ...

do as much half the nights of the week, at this time of the year. No; I feel as if I had been th ...

VIII. TOAD’S ADVENTURES When Toad found himself immured in a dank and noisome dungeon, and knew that ...

errand of mercy, and knocked at the door of Toad’s cell. ‘Now, cheer up, Toad,’ she said, coaxingly, on enteri ...

‘Toad Hall,’ said the Toad proudly, ‘is an eligible self-contained gentleman’s residence very unique; dati ...

about it. I have several aunts who OUGHT to be washerwomen.’ ‘Do be quiet a minute, Toad,’ said the girl. ...

which she could supply herself, she hoped to retain her situation, in spite of the suspicious appearance of ...

last he heard the wicket-gate in the great outer door click behind him, felt the fresh air of the oute ...