No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter.
Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! 'Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and y… - Kenneth Grahame
Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! 'Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and y…
- Kenneth Grahame
He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple. - Kenneth Grahame
He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.
Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support… - Kenneth Grahame
Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support…
Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do. - Kenneth Grahame
Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do.
Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his feet to the ground. It… - Kenneth Grahame
Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his feet to the ground. It…
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. - Kenneth Grahame
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it. - Kenneth Grahame
The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it.
Banquets are always pleasant things, consisting mostly, as they do, of eating and drinking; but the specially nice thing about a banquet is, that it … - Kenneth Grahame
Banquets are always pleasant things, consisting mostly, as they do, of eating and drinking; but the specially nice thing about a banquet is, that it …
The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely v… - Kenneth Grahame
The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely v…
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