“Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears”

           THERatputoutaneatlittlebrownpaw,grippedToadfirmlybythescruffoftheneck,andgaveagreathoistandapull;andthewater-loggedToadcameupslowlybutsurelyovertheedgeofthehole,tillatlasthestoodsafeandsoundinthehall,streakedwithmudandweed,tobesure,andwiththewaterstreamingoffhim,buthappyandhigh-spiritedasofold,nowthathefoundhimselfoncemoreinthehouseofafriend,anddodgingsandevasionswereover,andhecouldlayasideadisguisethatwasunworthyofhispositionandwantedsuchalotoflivingupto.

           "O,Ratty!"hecried.