1 But even under such a test as this his loyalty to his friend stood firm.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER V. DULCE DOMUM 2 "Proud, I'm sure," said the Otter, and the two animals were friends forthwith.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 3 Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER II. THE OPEN ROAD 4 With difficulty he turned to look for his friend and saw him at his side cowed, stricken, and trembling violently.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 5 The main river reached again, they turned the boat's head upstream, towards the point where they knew their friend was keeping his lonely vigil.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 6 Presently the tactful Mole slipped away and returned with a pencil and a few half-sheets of paper, which he placed on the table at his friend's elbow.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER IX. WAYFARERS ALL 7 Mole made the door fast, threw the satchel into a drawer and locked it, and sat down quietly on the table by his friend, waiting for the strange seizure to pass.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER IX. WAYFARERS ALL 8 Mole lay stretched on the bank, still panting from the stress of the fierce day that had been cloudless from dawn to late sunset, and waited for his friend to return.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN 9 He could not bear to disappoint his two friends, who were already deep in schemes and anticipations, planning out each day's separate occupation for several weeks ahead.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER II. THE OPEN ROAD 10 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 GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD 11 The Rat hummed a tune, and the Mole recollected that animal-etiquette forbade any sort of comment on the sudden disappearance of one's friends at any moment, for any reason or no reason whatever.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 12 It was the talk of the burrows, he said, how Mole, Mr. Rat's particular friend, was in a bad fix; how he had lost his way, and 'They' were up and out hunting, and were chivvying him round and round.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER IV. MR. BADGER 13 The following evening the Mole, who had risen late and taken things very easy all day, was sitting on the bank fishing, when the Rat, who had been looking up his friends and gossiping, came strolling along to find him.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER II. THE OPEN ROAD 14 The cuckoo, of course, had long been silent; but many another feathered friend, for months a part of the familiar landscape and its small society, was missing too and it seemed that the ranks thinned steadily day by day.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER IX. WAYFARERS ALL 15 The Rat attacked a snow-bank beside them with ardour, probing with his cudgel everywhere and then digging with fury; and the Mole scraped busily too, more to oblige the Rat than for any other reason, for his opinion was that his friend was getting light-headed.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER III. THE WILD WOOD 16 Supper was a most cheerful meal; but very shortly afterwards a terribly sleepy Mole had to be escorted upstairs by his considerate host, to the best bedroom, where he soon laid his head on his pillow in great peace and contentment, knowing that his new-found friend the River was lapping the sill of his window.
The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth GrahameContextHighlight In CHAPTER I. THE RIVER BANK 17 However, they set out bravely, and took the line that seemed most promising, holding on to each other and pretending with invincible cheerfulness that they recognized an old friend in every fresh tree that grimly and silently greeted them, or saw openings, gaps, or paths with a familiar turn in them, in the monotony of white space and black tree-trunks that refused to vary.
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