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作者:怀疑一切      更新:2021-02-24 23:08      字数:2233
  rudely     broken     in   upon    by   civil   war;   in   great   joy   and    contentment;
  undisturbed   by   further   risings   or   invasions。   Toad;   after   due   consultation
  with his friends; selected a handsome gold chain and locket set with pearls;
  which   he   dispatched   to   the   gaoler's   daughter   with   a   letter   that   even   the
  Badger admitted to be modest; grateful; and appreciative; and the engine…
  driver; in his turn; was properly thanked and compensated for all his pains
  and   trouble。   Under   severe   compulsion   from  the   Badger;   even   the   barge…
  woman   was;   with   some   trouble;   sought   out   and   the   value   of   her   horse
  discreetly made good to her; though Toad kicked terribly at this; holding
  himself to be an instrument of Fate; sent to punish fat women with mottled
  arms who couldn't tell a real gentleman when they saw one。 The amount
  involved;   it   was   true;   was   not   very   burdensome;   the   gipsy's   valuation
  being admitted by local assessors to be approximately correct。
  Sometimes; in the course of long summer evenings; the friends would
  take a stroll together in the Wild Wood; now successfully tamed so far as
  they   were   concerned;   and   it   was   pleasing   to   see   how   respectfully   they
  were greeted by the inhabitants; and how the mother…weasels would bring
  their  young   ones   to the   mouths   of  their   holes;   and say;   pointing;   ‘Look;
  baby! There goes the great Mr。 Toad! And that's the gallant Water Rat; a
  terrible fighter; walking along o' him! And yonder comes the famous Mr。
  Mole; of whom you so often have heard your father tell!' But when their
  infants were fractious and quite beyond control; they would quiet them by
  telling how; if they didn't   hush them and not  fret them; the terrible grey
  Badger   would   up   and   get   them。   This   was   a   base   libel   on   Badger;   who;
  though   he   cared   little   about   Society;   was   rather   fond   of   children;   but   it
  never failed to have its full effect。
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