All the animals cheered when he entered, and crowded round to congratulate him and say nice things about his courage, and his cleverness, and his fighting qualities; but Toad only smiled faintly, and murmured, 'Not at all!' Or, sometimes, for a change, 'On the contrary!'


Ch. 12 - The Wind in the Willows (1908)


All the animals cheered when he entered, and crowded round to congratulate him and say nice things about his courage, and his cleverness, and his...

All the animals cheered when he entered, and crowded round to congratulate him and say nice things about his courage, and his cleverness, and his...

All the animals cheered when he entered, and crowded round to congratulate him and say nice things about his courage, and his cleverness, and his...

All the animals cheered when he entered, and crowded round to congratulate him and say nice things about his courage, and his cleverness, and his...