The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

In his misery he made one desperate effort to carry the thing off, and, with a return to his fine ol ...

‘Well, I’ll tell you what I’ll do,’ said the good engine-driver. ‘You’re a washerwoman to y ...

coming along at a great pace! It looks as if we were being pursued!’ The miserable Toad, crouching i ...

long tunnel, and on the other side of that the line passes through a thick wood. Now, I will put on ...

cold, hungry, and tired out, he sought the shelter of a hollow tree, where with branches and dead leaves ...

IX. WAYFARERS ALL The Water Rat was restless, and he did not exactly know why. To all ap ...

becoming sluggish and low, he wandered country-wards, crossed a field or two of pasturage already looking ...

‘You won’t be “free” as you call it much this side of Christmas, I can see that,’ retorted the Rat ...

the blissful feeling of the hot sun again on my back as I sped down to the lakes that lay so blue an ...

to-day, the unseen was everything, the unknown the only real fact of life. On this side of the hills was now ...

‘Yes, it’s THE life, the only life, to live,’ responded the Water Rat dreamily, and without his usual whole- ...

all that sort of thing?’ ‘By no means,’ said the Sea Rat frankly. ‘Such a life as you describe would no ...

island, staying with friends up country. When I grew restless again I took advantage of a sh ...

that I shall presently fall asleep.’ ‘That is indeed an excellent suggestion,’ said the Water Rat, ...

it freshened, rising to a tearing whistle, sinking to a musical trickle of air from the leech of the bellying ...

return, and the South still waits for you. Take the Adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment ...

sank into a troubled doze, broken by starts and confused murmurings of things strange and wild and forei ...

The Rat pushed the paper away from him wearily, but the discreet Mole took occasion to leave the room, ...

X. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOAD The front door of the hollow tree faced eastwards, so Toad was called at ...

when you have a light heart, and a clear conscience, and money in your pocket, and nobody scouring the ...