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 in…
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Kenneth Grahame
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About Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame was a Scottish writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature The Wind in the Willows (1908). Born in Scotland, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in England, following the death of his mother and his father's inability to look after the children. After attending St Edward's School in Oxford, his ambition to attend university was thwarted and he joined the Bank of England, where he had a successful career. Before writing The Wind in the W…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Kenneth GrahameBadger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.