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Kenneth Grahame
Scottish
Novelist
Born:
Mar 8
,
1859
Died:
Jul 6
,
1932
About
Animals
Busy
Dark
Half
You
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There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
Kenneth Grahame
Worth
Half
Nothing
About
Absolutely
Absolutely Nothing
Simply
Messing
Doing
Boats
Much
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.
Kenneth Grahame
Moon
Big
Stars
All-Around
About
He
Days
Particular
Come
Talk
Talked
Around
Came
Yellow
Going
Listen
Grew
While
Them
Toad
Fuller
Company
Appearing
Suddenly
Keep
Larger
Nowhere
The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither.
Kenneth Grahame
Somebody
Chasing
Too
Panic
Run
Hunting
Running
Seemed
Something
He
Knew
Began
Closing
Wood
Hard
Whole
Now
Round
A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.
Kenneth Grahame
Travel
Hopeless
State
Would
Cart
Inspection
Longer
Missing
Shattered
Pieces
Were
Wheel
Them
Succeeded
Themselves
Even
Careful
The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place.
Kenneth Grahame
Long
Important
Everybody
Visible
Though
Rarely
About
Seemed
Unseen
Had
Badger
He
Make
Felt
His
Accounts
Personage
Influence
Wanted
Place
Acquaintance
Mole
Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy.
Kenneth Grahame
Animals
Past
Down
Busy
Too
Settled
Took
About
Bother
Never
Liked
Look
Spread
Quarters
Arrived
Up
Place
Themselves
Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
Kenneth Grahame
Dinner
Society
Hates
Badger
Invitations
Sort
Thing
Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.
Kenneth Grahame
Dark
Longing
Spring
Air
Earth
Penetrating
Spirit
Above
Divine
House
Him
Around
Discontent
His
Little
Moving
Lowly
Even
Below
When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition.
Kenneth Grahame
Dark
Rat
Back
Air
Summoned
Dress
Mystery
Excitement
Alongside
Coming
Heap
His
Began
Up
Expedition
Stood
Little
Them
Each
Grow
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