Calico Illustrated Classics: The Wind in the Willows

Calico Illustrated Classics: The Wind in the Willows — page 7
Why not asked Mole nervously Aren’t there nice animals in there Well replied the Rat the squirrels are all right The rabbits are mixed Some are nice Others Well not so much Then he smiled And of course Badger lives there He lives in the heart of it He wouldn’t move anywhere else Nobody would ever bother Badger Who would try asked Mole Foxes and weasels and so on said Rat I’m friends with all of them but you can’t really trust them Mole knew that he shouldn’t dwell on possible trouble ahead so he changed the subject And what’s beyond the Wild Wood Ah said Rat Beyond the Wild Wood is the Wide World I’ve never been there and I’ll never go there You won’t either if you have any sense at all The Rat sighed Please don’t ever refer to it again Mole shuddered and promised to never mention the Wide World again 10