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I
've
been
watching
you
carefully
,
and
it
looks
so
easy
and
so
interesting
,
and
I
should
like
to
be
able
to
tell
my
friends
that
once
I
had
driven
a
motor-car
!
"
The
driver
laughed
at
the
proposal
,
so
heartily
that
the
gentleman
inquired
what
the
matter
was
.
When
he
heard
,
he
said
,
to
Toad
's
delight
,
"
Bravo
,
ma'am
!
I
like
your
spirit
.
Let
her
have
a
try
,
and
look
after
her
.
She
wo
n't
do
any
harm
.
"
Toad
eagerly
scrambled
into
the
seat
vacated
by
the
driver
,
took
the
steering-wheel
in
his
hands
,
listened
with
affected
humility
to
the
instructions
given
him
,
and
set
the
car
in
motion
,
but
very
slowly
and
carefully
at
first
,
for
he
was
determined
to
be
prudent
.
The
gentlemen
behind
clapped
their
hands
and
applauded
,
and
Toad
heard
them
saying
,
"
How
well
she
does
it
!
Fancy
a
washerwoman
driving
a
car
as
well
as
that
,
the
first
time
!
"
Toad
went
a
little
faster
;
then
faster
still
,
and
faster
.
He
heard
the
gentlemen
call
out
warningly
,
"
Be
careful
,
washerwoman
!
"
And
this
annoyed
him
,
and
he
began
to
lose
his
head
.
The
driver
tried
to
interfere
,
but
he
pinned
him
down
in
his
seat
with
one
elbow
,
and
put
on
full
speed
.
The
rush
of
air
in
his
face
,
the
hum
of
the
engines
,
and
the
light
jump
of
the
car
beneath
him
intoxicated
his
weak
brain
.
"
Washerwoman
,
indeed
!
"
he
shouted
recklessly
.
"
Ho
!
ho
!
I
am
the
Toad
,
the
motor-car
snatcher
,
the
prison-breaker
,
the
Toad
who
always
escapes
!
Sit
still
,
and
you
shall
know
what
driving
really
is
,
for
you
are
in
the
hands
of
the
famous
,
the
skilful
,
the
entirely
fearless
Toad
!
"
With
a
cry
of
horror
the
whole
party
rose
and
flung
themselves
on
him
.
"
Seize
him
!
"
they
cried
,
"
seize
the
Toad
,
the
wicked
animal
who
stole
our
motor-car
!
Bind
him
,
chain
him
,
drag
him
to
the
nearest
police
station
!
Down
with
the
desperate
and
dangerous
Toad
!
"
Alas
!
they
should
have
thought
,
they
ought
to
have
been
more
prudent
,
they
should
have
remembered
to
stop
the
motor-car
somehow
before
playing
any
pranks
of
that
sort
.
With
a
half-turn
of
the
wheel
the
Toad
sent
the
car
crashing
through
the
low
hedge
that
ran
along
the
roadside
.
One
mighty
bound
,
a
violent
shock
,
and
the
wheels
of
the
car
were
churning
up
the
thick
mud
of
a
horse-pond
.
