There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them company and listen to their talk.

Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached

Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.

For my life, I confess to you, feels to me today somewhat narrow and circumscribed.

Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks. And when the ducks stood on their heads suddenly, as ducks will, he would dive down and tickle their necks, just under where their chins would be if ducks had chins, till they were forced to come to the surface again in a hurry, spluttering and angry and shaking their feathers at him, for it is impossible to say quite all you feel when your head is under water.