1 The Mole flung his sculls back with a flourish, and made a great dig at the water.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 2 I am looking," said the Mole, "at a streak of bubbles that I see travelling along the surface of the water.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 3 The creeping tide of light gained and gained, and now they could see the colour of the flowers that gemmed the water's edge.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 4 There's a lot of water coming down still, considering the time of the year, and the place always had a fascination for the child.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 5 A broad glistening muzzle showed itself above the edge of the bank, and the Otter hauled himself out and shook the water from his coat.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 6 A couple of feet of flood water, and he's got to move into hired lodgings; uncomfortable, inconveniently situated, and horribly expensive.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER IV. MR. BADGER 7 Here they saw many handsome boats, slung from the cross beams or hauled up on a slip, but none in the water; and the place had an unused and a deserted air.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER II. THE OPEN ROAD 8 Rounding a bend in the river, they came in sight of a handsome, dignified old house of mellowed red brick, with well-kept lawns reaching down to the water's edge.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER II. THE OPEN ROAD 9 Absorbed in the new life he was entering upon, intoxicated with the sparkle, the ripple, the scents and the sounds and the sunlight, he trailed a paw in the water and dreamed long waking dreams.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 10 So spoke the Badger, not knowing what the future held in store, or how much water, and of how turbid a character, was to run under bridges before Toad should sit at ease again in his ancestral Hall.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER VI. MR. TOAD 11 He learnt to swim and to row, and entered into the joy of running water; and with his ear to the reed-stems he caught, at intervals, something of what the wind went whispering so constantly among them.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 12 Then he fetched them dressing-gowns and slippers, and himself bathed the Mole's shin with warm water and mended the cut with sticking-plaster till the whole thing was just as good as new, if not better.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER IV. MR. BADGER 13 The water's own noises, too, were more apparent than by day, its gurglings and "cloops" more unexpected and near at hand; and constantly they started at what seemed a sudden clear call from an actual articulate voice.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 14 Out in midstream, there was a clear, narrow track that faintly reflected the sky; but wherever shadows fell on the water from bank, bush, or tree, they were as solid to all appearance as the banks themselves, and the Mole had to steer with judgment accordingly.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 15 So the dismal Mole, wet without and ashamed within, trotted about till he was fairly dry, while the Rat plunged into the water again, recovered the boat, righted her and made her fast, fetched his floating property to shore by degrees, and finally dived successfully for the luncheon-basket and struggled to land with it.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 16 He jumped up and seized the sculls, so suddenly, that the Rat, who was gazing out over the water and saying more poetry-things to himself, was taken by surprise and fell backwards off his seat with his legs in the air for the second time, while the triumphant Mole took his place and grabbed the sculls with entire confidence.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 17 As he sat on the grass and looked across the river, a dark hole in the bank opposite, just above the water's edge, caught his eye, and dreamily he fell to considering what a nice snug dwelling-place it would make for an animal with few wants and fond of a bijou riverside residence, above flood level and remote from noise and dust.
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