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. But he has got some great qualities, has Toady." Perhaps he's not very clever-we can't all be geniuses and it may be that he is both boastful and conceited. "So simple, so good-natured, and so affectionate. "He is indeed the best of animals," replied Rat. "He must be a very nice animal," observed the Mole, as he got into the boat and took the sculls, while the Rat settled himself comfortably in the stern.
Always good-tempered, always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!" Early or late, he's always the same fellow. It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. "Get the boat out, and we'll paddle up there at once. "Why, certainly," said the good-natured Rat, jumping to his feet and dismissing poetry from his mind for the day. Toad? I've heard so much about him, and I do so want to make his acquaintance."
"But what I wanted to ask you was, won't you take me to call on Mr. "Well then, it isn't, it isn't," replied the Mole soothingly. "No, it isn't!" cried the Rat indignantly. "So it is, so it is," said the Mole, with great heartiness.
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