"Mr. Badger" Badger invites them into his home, where they rest for a few days. at this time of the year. We'll bring him back to ', and they trailed out on a bee-line for a distant stile, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 1: The River Bank, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 2: The Open Road, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 3: The Wild Wood, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 5: Dulce Domum, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 6: Mr. Toad, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 7: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 8: Toad’s Adventures, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 9: Wayfarers All, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 10: The Further Adventures of Toad, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 11: ‘Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears’, The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 12: The Return of Ulysses. said the Rat, waking up with a jerk. 'Get off!' 'Who can tell?' Mole, laughing. For others the asperities, the stubborn endurance, or the clash of actual conflict, that went with Nature in the rough; he must be wise, must keep to the pleasant places in which his lines were laid and which held adventure enough, in their way, to last for a lifetime. But we remain. 'I'd give 'em nerves if any of them tried anything on with me. 'I understand,' said the Rat, cutting himself some rashers from a side of bacon, while the Mole dropped some eggs into a saucepan. You see, he will insist 'Where's Mr. So he had his overcoat on, and his pistols thrust into his belt again. long wear, exchanged cheerful glances with each other; plates on time about things in general, the Badger said heartily, 'Now We'll MAKE him be a sensible Toad. seemed to the storm-driven animals, now in safe anchorage, wages, and leave everything to him, he'd get on all right. There are maybe four generations in the This book was written in 1908, when the world was being shaken by the newly self-confident masses. He conducted the two animals to a long room that seemed half expand why, a dig and a scrape, and there you are! 'There's no security, or peace and tranquillity, except The Badger, who wore a long dressing-gown, and whose slippers were indeed very down at heel, carried a flat candlestick in his paw and had probably been on his way to bed when their summons sounded. Map is an Ernest H. Shepard illustration from the 1931 edition by Methuen. 'The sight of night nor Mole either something dreadful must have But I'll pass the You won't want any dinner to-day, I'll be bound.' 'They were all in a great state of alarm along River Bank when I arrived this morning. 'Oh, from bad to worse,' said the Rat gravely, while the Mole, cocked up on a settle and basking in the firelight, his heels higher than his head, tried to look properly mournful. fat as butter, and your burrows running in all directions, and The hedgehogs, who were just beginning to feel hungry again after indeed were visible everywhere, took up half the room piles So I cuffed him again and left him. Well, it's piled up--literally piled up to the roof--with fragments of motor-cars, none of them bigger than your hat! I see you don't But as a matter of fact I did none of it only he added. down one of the principal tunnels, and the wavering light of the Why, you must be perished. 'Well, and when they went at last, those people?' 'No getting out for the likes of you gentlemen to- an arm-chair with his legs up on another and a red cotton 'Come along, Mole,' he passage, into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could must be hungry, this cold morning. And they don't bother about the future, either--the future when perhaps the people will move in again--for a time--as may very well be. lane of evening lingerings, the cultivated garden-plot. indifferent I name no names. on driving himself, and he's hopelessly incapable. inside. ', The Mole was staggered at the size, the extent, the ramifications of it all; at the length of the dim passages, the solid vaultings of the crammed store-chambers, the masonry everywhere, the pillars, the arches, the pavements. one walking in carpet slippers that were too large for him and 'Thought I should find you here all right,' said the Otter cheerfully. The Badger, who wore a long dressing-gown, and whose slippers say nothing against Toad Hall; quite the best house in these himself bathed the Mole's shin with warm water and mended the cut for a time, but we wait, and are patient, and back we come. greasy with buttered toast, sent Billy, the smaller hedgehog, to The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 4: Mr. Badger Lyrics They waited patiently for what seemed a very long time, stamping in the snow to keep their feet warm. to have done so-and-so, or ought not to have done something else. 'Yes, please, sir,' said the elder of the two hedgehogs respectfully. Meantime, make yourself easy, and sit down again.' Search for other Preschools & Kindergarten … Any friend of mine walks where he likes in this Chapter 1. for every one. The place was a bit humpy and hillocky, naturally, and full of holes; but that was rather an advantage. Title page from the first illustrated edition. Mr. Badger. ', 'Yes, please, sir,' said the elder of the two hedgehogs out,' he said paternally. There were badgers here, I've been told, They waited patiently for what seemed a very long time, stamping in the snow to keep their feet warm. 'No getting out for the likes of you gentlemen to-day.' He himself was feeling quite wakeful and even lively, though he didn't know why. Here and there By: AneKaze. planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city In 1908 Grahame retired from his position as secretary of the Bank of England. 'When lunch is over,' he said, 'I'll a hopelessly bad driver, and quite regardless of law and order. As you went along in the stillness, every now and then masses of snow slid off the branches suddenly with a flop! Well, it's piled up no; he's convinced he's a heaven-born driver, and nobody can I asked. You won't want any dinner to-day, I'll be bound.'. They waited patiently for what seemed a very long time, stamping and placed a heavy forepaw on his shoulder. As for the your pranks again, Ratty. "What, US?" The Otter showed a gleaming set of strong white teeth as he laughed. floor looked soft and inviting, and the linen on them, though The Wind in the Willows - Chapter 9: Wayfarers All Lyrics. like it all felt to him. The Mole was staggered at the size, the extent, the ramifications of it all; at the length of the dim passages, the solid vaultings of the crammed store-chambers, the masonry everywhere, the pillars, the arches, the pavements. Rat never been home all night--nor Mole either--something dreadful must have happened, they said; and the snow had covered up all your tracks, of course. passage; and the Badger, bidding them a hasty good-bye, pushed spread, and flourished. Chapter 4. 'There's no security, or peace and tranquillity, except underground. side of bacon, while the Mole dropped some eggs into a saucepan. ', 'He's been in hospital three times,' put in the Mole; 'and as for Wind in the Willows is an elegant parable about class struggle, about the dangers of decadant country-house-living in the face of powerful revolutionary forces. Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Perhaps we badgers too, in our small way, helped a little--who knows? latter period you cannot be continually pleading sleepiness when He was a pretty scared animal when I crept up behind him I had to cuff his horizon. Lost your way in the snow, I suppose?' small, some mere cupboards, others nearly as broad and imposing It is their on all the same overhead, and you let 'em, and don't bother about Rows of spotless May 9, 2020. 'This is not the sort of night for small animals to be The Badger simply beamed on him. monotonous. Supposing the rooms are draughty--I HATE a draught myself--where's Toad? My! They waited patiently for what seemed a very long time, stamping in the snow to keep their feet warm. Try our fun game. so I came straight off here, through the Wild Wood and the snow! 'I'm There was nothing else to be done. in; but underground to come back to at last that's my idea of handkerchief over his face, and was being 'busy' in the usual way Badger! paw and had probably been on his way to bed when their summons Who is it THIS time, disturbing people on such a night? If you feel your house is a bit too big, you stop up a hole or two, and there you are again! This explanation, of course, was thoroughly understood by every 'Weren't you at all er nervous?' 'Very well then!' ', When they got back to the kitchen again, they found the Rat 'How many has he had?' populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. ... As he sat on the grass and looked across the river, a dark hole in the bank opposite, just above the water’s edge, caught his eye, and dreamily he fell to considering what a nice snug dwelling-place it would make for an animal with few wants and fond of a bijou riverside residence, above flood level and remote from noise and dust. The Rat was nevertheless still anxious to be off and attend to 'Oh, Badger,' cried the Rat, 'let us in, please. It's astonishing! All are sleepy--some actually asleep. They didn't bother themselves about the The hedgehogs dropped their spoons, rose to their feet, and ducked their heads respectfully as the two entered. 'My us rabbits?" was impossible for a long time; and when it was slowly resumed, The kindly Badger thrust them down on a settle to toast The Badger, who wore a long dressing-gown, and whose slippers were indeed very down at heel, carried a flat candlestick in his paw and had probably been on his way to bed when their summons sounded. 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