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They
reached
the
carriage-drive
of
Toad
Hall
to
find
,
as
Badger
had
anticipated
,
a
shiny
new
motor-car
,
of
great
size
,
painted
a
bright
red
(
Toad
's
favourite
colour
)
,
standing
in
front
of
the
house
.
As
they
neared
the
door
it
was
flung
open
,
and
Mr.
Toad
,
arrayed
in
goggles
,
cap
,
gaiters
,
and
enormous
overcoat
,
came
swaggering
down
the
steps
,
drawing
on
his
gauntleted
gloves
.
"
Hullo
!
come
on
,
you
fellows
!
"
he
cried
cheerfully
on
catching
sight
of
them
.
"
You
're
just
in
time
to
come
with
me
for
a
jolly
--
to
come
for
a
jolly
--
for
a
--
er
--
jolly
--
"
His
hearty
accents
faltered
and
fell
away
as
he
noticed
the
stern
unbending
look
on
the
countenances
of
his
silent
friends
,
and
his
invitation
remained
unfinished
.
The
Badger
strode
up
the
steps
.
"
Take
him
inside
,
"
he
said
sternly
to
his
companions
.
Then
,
as
Toad
was
hustled
through
the
door
,
struggling
and
protesting
,
he
turned
to
the
chauffeur
in
charge
of
the
new
motor-car
.
"
I
'm
afraid
you
wo
n't
be
wanted
to-day
,
"
he
said
.
"
Mr.
Toad
has
changed
his
mind
.
He
will
not
require
the
car
.
Please
understand
that
this
is
final
.
You
need
n't
wait
.
"
Then
he
followed
the
others
inside
and
shut
the
door
.
"
Now
then
!
"
he
said
to
the
Toad
,
when
the
four
of
them
stood
together
in
the
Hall
,
"
first
of
all
,
take
those
ridiculous
things
off
!
"
"
Sha
n't
!
"
replied
Toad
,
with
great
spirit
.
"
What
is
the
meaning
of
this
gross
outrage
?
I
demand
an
instant
explanation
.
"
"
Take
them
off
him
,
then
,
you
two
,
"
ordered
the
Badger
briefly
.
They
had
to
lay
Toad
out
on
the
floor
,
kicking
and
calling
all
sorts
of
names
,
before
they
could
get
to
work
properly
.
Then
the
Rat
sat
on
him
,
and
the
Mole
got
his
motor-clothes
off
him
bit
by
bit
,
and
they
stood
him
up
on
his
legs
again
.
A
good
deal
of
his
blustering
spirit
seemed
to
have
evaporated
with
the
removal
of
his
fine
panoply
.
Now
that
he
was
merely
Toad
,
and
no
longer
the
Terror
of
the
Highway
,
he
giggled
feebly
and
looked
from
one
to
the
other
appealingly
,
seeming
quite
to
understand
the
situation
.
"
You
knew
it
must
come
to
this
,
sooner
or
later
,
Toad
,
"
the
Badger
explained
severely
.
"
You
've
disregarded
all
the
warnings
we
've
given
you
,
you
've
gone
on
squandering
the
money
your
father
left
you
,
and
you
're
getting
us
animals
a
bad
name
in
the
district
by
your
furious
driving
and
your
smashes
and
your
rows
with
the
police
.
Independence
is
all
very
well
,
but
we
animals
never
allow
our
friends
to
make
fools
of
themselves
beyond
a
certain
limit
;
and
that
limit
you
've
reached
.
Now
,
you
're
a
good
fellow
in
many
respects
,
and
I
do
n't
want
to
be
too
hard
on
you
.
I
'll
make
one
more
effort
to
bring
you
to
reason
.
