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Arriving
within
sight
of
his
old
home
,
he
rested
on
his
oars
and
surveyed
the
land
cautiously
.
All
seemed
very
peaceful
and
deserted
and
quiet
.
He
could
see
the
whole
front
of
Toad
Hall
,
glowing
in
the
evening
sunshine
,
the
pigeons
settling
by
twos
and
threes
along
the
straight
line
of
the
roof
;
the
garden
,
a
blaze
of
flowers
;
the
creek
that
led
up
to
the
boat-house
,
the
little
wooden
bridge
that
crossed
it
;
all
tranquil
,
uninhabited
,
apparently
waiting
for
his
return
.
He
would
try
the
boat-house
first
,
he
thought
.
Very
warily
he
paddled
up
to
the
mouth
of
the
creek
,
and
was
just
passing
under
the
bridge
,
when
...
Crash
!
A
great
stone
,
dropped
from
above
,
smashed
through
the
bottom
of
the
boat
.
It
filled
and
sank
,
and
Toad
found
himself
struggling
in
deep
water
.
Looking
up
,
he
saw
two
stoats
leaning
over
the
parapet
of
the
bridge
and
watching
him
with
great
glee
.
"
It
will
be
your
head
next
time
,
Toady
!
"
they
called
out
to
him
.
The
indignant
Toad
swam
to
shore
,
while
the
stoats
laughed
and
laughed
,
supporting
each
other
,
and
laughed
again
,
till
they
nearly
had
two
fits
--
that
is
,
one
fit
each
,
of
course
.
The
Toad
retraced
his
weary
way
on
foot
,
and
related
his
disappointing
experiences
to
the
Water
Rat
once
more
.
"
Well
,
what
did
I
tell
you
?
"
said
the
Rat
very
crossly
.
"
And
,
now
,
look
here
!
See
what
you
've
been
and
done
!
Lost
me
my
boat
that
I
was
so
fond
of
,
that
's
what
you
've
done
!
And
simply
ruined
that
nice
suit
of
clothes
that
I
lent
you
!
Really
,
Toad
,
of
all
the
trying
animals
--
I
wonder
you
manage
to
keep
any
friends
at
all
!
"
The
Toad
saw
at
once
how
wrongly
and
foolishly
he
had
acted
.
He
admitted
his
errors
and
wrong-headedness
and
made
a
full
apology
to
Rat
for
losing
his
boat
and
spoiling
his
clothes
.
And
he
wound
up
by
saying
,
with
that
frank
self-surrender
which
always
disarmed
his
friends
'
criticism
and
won
them
back
to
his
side
,
"
Ratty
!
I
see
that
I
have
been
a
headstrong
and
a
wilful
Toad
!
Henceforth
,
believe
me
,
I
will
be
humble
and
submissive
,
and
will
take
no
action
without
your
kind
advice
and
full
approval
!
"
"
If
that
is
really
so
,
"
said
the
good-natured
Rat
,
already
appeased
,
"
then
my
advice
to
you
is
,
considering
the
lateness
of
the
hour
,
to
sit
down
and
have
your
supper
,
which
will
be
on
the
table
in
a
minute
,
and
be
very
patient
.
For
I
am
convinced
that
we
can
do
nothing
until
we
have
seen
the
Mole
and
the
Badger
,
and
heard
their
latest
news
,
and
held
conference
and
taken
their
advice
in
this
difficult
matter
.
"
"
Oh
,
ah
,
yes
,
of
course
,
the
Mole
and
the
Badger
,
"
said
Toad
,
lightly
.
"
What
's
become
of
them
,
the
dear
fellows
?
I
had
forgotten
all
about
them
.
"
"
Well
may
you
ask
!
"
said
the
Rat
reproachfully
.
"
While
you
were
riding
about
the
country
in
expensive
motor-cars
,
and
galloping
proudly
on
blood-horses
,
and
breakfasting
on
the
fat
of
the
land
,
those
two
poor
devoted
animals
have
been
camping
out
in
the
open
,
in
every
sort
of
weather
,
living
very
rough
by
day
and
lying
very
hard
by
night
;
watching
over
your
house
,
patrolling
your
boundaries
,
keeping
a
constant
eye
on
the
stoats
and
the
weasels
,
scheming
and
planning
and
contriving
how
to
get
your
property
back
for
you
.
You
do
n't
deserve
to
have
such
true
and
loyal
friends
,
Toad
,
you
do
n't
,
really
.
