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The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
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Title: The Wind in the Willows
Author: Kenneth Grahame
Posting Date: July 12, 2008 [EBook #289] Release Date: July, 1995
Language: English
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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
By Kenneth Grahame
Author Of "The Golden Age," "Dream Days," Etc.
CHAPTER I.
THE RIVER BANK II. THE OPEN ROAD III. THE WILD WOOD IV. MR. BADGER V. DULCE DOMUM VI. MR. TOAD VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN VIII. TOAD'S ADVENTURES IX. WAYFARERS ALL X. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOAD XI. "LIKE SUMMER TEMPESTS CAME HIS TEARS" XII. THE RETURN OF ULYSSES
I. THE RIVER BANK
The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. 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. It w