Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island.

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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,...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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,...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

For this being the holiday season everyone at the mall is pissed. Time to shop...

For this being the holiday season everyone at the mall is pissed. Time to shop...

Dear Sneeze, if you're gonna happen, happen. Don't put a stupid look on my face...

Dear Sneeze, if you're gonna happen, happen. Don't put a stupid look on my face...

All journeys eventually end in the same place, home.

All journeys eventually end in the same place, home.

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up they have no holidays.

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up they have no holidays.

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...