A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.

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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...

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,...

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,...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come,...

Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come,...

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...

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,...

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,...