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The Wind in the Willows: on the river

Author: Kenneth Grahame Year: 1908 Length: 431 characters Difficulty: easy Public domain

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The Mole never heard a word he was saying. 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 Water Rat, like the good little fellow he was, sculled steadily on and forbore to disturb him. "I like your clothes awfully, old chap," he remarked after some half an hour or so had passed.

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A man in a dark broad hat and jacket painted in thick strokes against a shadowed wall, The Juvenile Lead, Walter Sickert, 1908.
What you just typedThe Wind in the Willows: on the riverKenneth Grahame, 1908
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The Water Rat and the Mole meet on the river in the first chapter, and the river stays the centre of the book. Grahame knew the Thames near Cookham Dean, where he spent part of his childhood. The 1908 edition had no pictures; the drawings people remember came from Ernest Shepard in 1931. Shepard visited the ageing Grahame, who asked him to be kind to his animals.

About this text

The Water Rat and the Mole meet on the river in the first chapter, and the river stays the centre of the book. Grahame knew the Thames near Cookham Dean, where he spent part of his childhood. The 1908 edition had no pictures; the drawings people remember came from Ernest Shepard in 1931. Shepard visited the ageing Grahame, who asked him to be kind to his animals.

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One long series of nouns joined by commas, useful for keeping an even rhythm without stopping at every pause.

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