Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.

Quote by Kenneth Grahame

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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,...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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,...

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,...

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 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 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,...