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1  "Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wide World," said the Rat.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK
2  They found themselves standing on the very edge of the Wild Wood.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV. MR. BADGER
3  He swung off the path and plunged into the untrodden places of the wood.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
4  At last I managed to extract from him that Mole had been seen in the Wild Wood last night by one of them.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV. MR. BADGER
5  But the Wild Wood animals said hard things, and served you right, and it was time this sort of thing was stopped.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI. "LIKE SUMMER TEMPESTS CAME HIS TEARS"
6  They didn't guess what was going to happen, of course; still, they had their suspicions of the Wild Wood animals.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI. "LIKE SUMMER TEMPESTS CAME HIS TEARS"
7  He could see the imprints of them in the mud, running along straight and purposeful, leading direct to the Wild Wood.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
8  He had patiently hunted through the wood for an hour or more, when at last to his joy he heard a little answering cry.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
9  The Mole came and crouched beside him, and, looking out, saw the wood that had been so dreadful to him in quite a changed aspect.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
10  Well, it was a good deal talked about down here, naturally," continued the Rat, "not only along the river-side, but even in the Wild Wood.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI. "LIKE SUMMER TEMPESTS CAME HIS TEARS"
11  As he halted in indecision it broke out on either side, and seemed to be caught up and passed on throughout the whole length of the wood to its farthest limit.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
12  It was already getting towards dusk when he reached the first fringe of trees and plunged without hesitation into the wood, looking anxiously on either side for any sign of his friend.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
13  Then he re-entered the house, strapped a belt round his waist, shoved a brace of pistols into it, took up a stout cudgel that stood in a corner of the hall, and set off for the Wild Wood at a smart pace.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
14  He generally had to be caught, if you wanted him badly, as he slipped quietly along a hedgerow of an early morning or a late evening, or else hunted up in his own house in the middle of the Wood, which was a serious undertaking.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI. MR. TOAD
15  He did not want the warm clover and the play of seeding grasses; the screens of quickset, the billowy drapery of beech and elm seemed best away; and with great cheerfulness of spirit he pushed on towards the Wild Wood, which lay before him low and threatening, like a black reef in some still southern sea.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD
16  In the embracing light and warmth, warm and dry at last, with weary legs propped up in front of them, and a suggestive clink of plates being arranged on the table behind, it seemed to the storm-driven animals, now in safe anchorage, that the cold and trackless Wild Wood just left outside was miles and miles away, and all that they had suffered in it a half-forgotten dream.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV. MR. BADGER
17  Pausing there a moment and looking back, they saw the whole mass of the Wild Wood, dense, menacing, compact, grimly set in vast white surroundings; simultaneously they turned and made swiftly for home, for firelight and the familiar things it played on, for the voice, sounding cheerily outside their window, of the river that they knew and trusted in all its moods, that never made them afraid with any amazement.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV. MR. BADGER
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