Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them…

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It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late he's always the...

It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late he's always the...

Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever...

Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever...

The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed,...

The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed,...

There is nothing absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in...

There is nothing absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in...

Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead...

Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead...

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him,...

Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him,...

A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves,...

A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves,...

Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread,...

Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread,...

The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good,...

The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good,...

The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or...

The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or...

When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery,...

When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery,...

Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools...

Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools...

Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy,...

Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy,...

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.

After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be...

After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be...

A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than...

A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than...

When the boss is a way, work becomes a holiday.

When the boss is a way, work becomes a holiday.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance.

To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance.

Marry an orphan: you'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws.

Marry an orphan: you'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws.