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The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS



The Piper at the Gates of DawnThe Piper at the Gates of Dawn



 THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS  BY KENNETH GRAHAME   ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BRANSOM   NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS MCMXIII
Copyright, 1908, 1913, by

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published October, 1913




CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE RIVER BANK 1
II. THE OPEN ROAD 27
III. THE WILD WOOD 53
IV. MR. BADGER 79
V. DULCE DOMUM 107
VI. MR. TOAD 139
VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 167
VIII. TOAD'S ADVENTURES 191
IX. WAYFARERS ALL 219
X. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOAD 253
XI. "LIKE SUMMER TEMPESTS CAME HIS TEARS" 287
XII. THE RETURN OF ULYSSES 323




ILLUSTRATIONS

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Frontispiece
Facing Page
It was the Water Rat 8
"Come on!" he said. "We shall just have to walk it" 50
In panic, he began to run 64
Through the Wild Wood and the snow 94
Toad was a helpless prisoner in the remotest dungeon 164
He lay prostrate in his misery on the floor 196
"It's a hard life, by all accounts," murmured the Rat 240
Dwelling chiefly on his own cleverness, and presence of mind in emergencies 292
The Badger said, "Now then, follow me!" 326





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 was small wonder, then, that he suddenly flung

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