Russian - Сфинкс (Sphynx) Multilingual Short Works for Children World Audiobooks.

сфинкс эдгар аллан по язык русский эта запись сделана для проекта librivox все записи librivox являются общественным достоянием для информации или помощи проекту пожалуйста посетите сетевую страницу librivox точка орг в эпоху ужасного владычество холера в нью-йорке я получил приглашение от одного из моих родственников провести две недели его уединённом коттедже на берегу гудзона мы пользовались всеми обычными летними развлечениями гуляли рисовали катались в лодке удили рыбу занимались музыкой и чтением и провели бы время очень недурно и если вы не ужасные вести из города получившиеся ежедневно не было дня которые бы не принес нам известие о смерти кого-либо из знакомых по мере того как зараза усиливалась мы привыкли ежедневно ожидать потери какого-нибудь друга под конец мы со страхом ожидали газету самый ветер с юга казалось нам был насыщен смертью и та леденящая мысли всецело овладела моей душой я не мог не думать не говорит ни грезить о чем-либо другом мой хозяин был человек более спокойного темперамента и хотя сильного пал духом но все-таки старался ободрить меня его богатый философский ум не поддавался влиянию вещей воображаемых он был достаточно восприимчив в отношении реальных ужасов но не пугался порождаемых ими призраков его попытки россия неестественно и умение овладевшая мною значительной степени ослаблялись по милости нескольких книг найденных мною в его библиотеке содержание было именно такого рода что могло вызвать к жизни семена наследственного суеверия таивший ся в моей душе я читал эти книги без ведомо моего друга и таким образом он часто неумел объяснить себе моего мрачного настроения любимая тема моих тогдашних 1 уров была вера в приметы вера которую я в то время готов был защищать почти серьезно на эту тему у нас происходили долгие и оживленные споры он доказывал что вера в подобные вещи лишена всякого основания я же утверждал что такое общее чувство возникшие самопроизвольно то есть по видимому без всякого внушения заключает в себе несомненные элементы истины и заслуживает внимания во многих отношениях дело в том что вскоре после моего приезда на дачу со мной самим случилось происшествие до того необъяснимое и такого зловещего характера что мне извините льна было принять его за предзнаменование она так поразило и вместе с тем так смутило и напугала меня что прошло много дней прежде чем я собрался с духом настолько чтобы сообщить о нем моему другу на закате необычайно жаркого дня я сидел с книгой в руках у открытого окна из которого открывался вид на отдаленный холм за рекой ближайшая ко мне сторона холма была обнажена от деревьев вследствие так называемого оползня мысли мои давно уже отвлеклись от книги к унынию отчаянию царившим в соседнем городе поднял глаза и случайно взглянул на обнаженный склон холма и увидел нечто странное какое-то отвратительное чудовище которое быстро спускалась вершины холма и исчезла в лесу его подножия в первую минуту увидев чудовище я усомнился в дровам состояние моего рассудка или по-крайней мере глаз и только спустя несколько минут убедился что я не сумашедший и не брежу но если я опишу это чудовище которое я видел совершенно ясно и за которым наблюдал спокойно все время пока она спускалась с холма мои читатели пожалуй не так легко поверит этому определяя размеры этого существа по сравнению с диаметром огромных деревьев мимо которых она двигалась немногих лесных giga это фудс и лев she had обвала я убедился что она далеко превосходит величина любой линейный корабль я говорю линейный корабль потому что форма чудовища напоминала корабль корпус 74 пушечного судно может дать довольно ясное представление о его очертаниях от животного помещалась на конце хобота футов 60 или 70 длиной и приблизительно такой же толщины как туловище обыкновенного слона у основания хобота находилась густая масса че тенистых косматых волос больше чем могла бы доставить дюжина бой валовых шкур а из нее...

Russian - Сфинкс (Sphynx) Multilingual Short Works for Children World Audiobooks.

сфинкс эдгар аллан по язык русский эта запись сделана для проекта librivox все записи librivox являются общественным достоянием для информации или помощи проекту пожалуйста посетите сетевую страницу librivox точка орг в эпоху ужасного владычество холера в нью-йорке я получил приглашение от одного из моих родственников провести две недели его уединённом коттедже на берегу гудзона мы пользовались всеми обычными летними развлечениями гуляли рисовали катались в лодке удили рыбу занимались музыкой и чтением и провели бы время очень недурно и если вы не ужасные вести из города получившиеся ежедневно не было дня которые бы не принес нам известие о смерти кого-либо из знакомых по мере того как зараза усиливалась мы привыкли ежедневно ожидать потери какого-нибудь друга под конец мы со страхом ожидали газету самый ветер с юга казалось нам был насыщен смертью и та леденящая мысли всецело овладела моей душой я не мог не думать не говорит ни грезить о чем-либо другом мой хозяин был человек более спокойного темперамента и хотя сильного пал духом но все-таки старался ободрить меня его богатый философский ум не поддавался влиянию вещей воображаемых он был достаточно восприимчив в отношении реальных ужасов но не пугался порождаемых ими призраков его попытки россия неестественно и умение овладевшая мною значительной степени ослаблялись по милости нескольких книг найденных мною в его библиотеке содержание было именно такого рода что могло вызвать к жизни семена наследственного суеверия таивший ся в моей душе я читал эти книги без ведомо моего друга и таким образом он часто неумел объяснить себе моего мрачного настроения любимая тема моих тогдашних 1 уров была вера в приметы вера которую я в то время готов был защищать почти серьезно на эту тему у нас происходили долгие и оживленные споры он доказывал что вера в подобные вещи лишена всякого основания я же утверждал что такое общее чувство возникшие самопроизвольно то есть по видимому без всякого внушения заключает в себе несомненные элементы истины и заслуживает внимания во многих отношениях дело в том что вскоре после моего приезда на дачу со мной самим случилось происшествие до того необъяснимое и такого зловещего характера что мне извините льна было принять его за предзнаменование она так поразило и вместе с тем так смутило и напугала меня что прошло много дней прежде чем я собрался с духом настолько чтобы сообщить о нем моему другу на закате необычайно жаркого дня я сидел с книгой в руках у открытого окна из которого открывался вид на отдаленный холм за рекой ближайшая ко мне сторона холма была обнажена от деревьев вследствие так называемого оползня мысли мои давно уже отвлеклись от книги к унынию отчаянию царившим в соседнем городе поднял глаза и случайно взглянул на обнаженный склон холма и увидел нечто странное какое-то отвратительное чудовище которое быстро спускалась вершины холма и исчезла в лесу его подножия в первую минуту увидев чудовище я усомнился в дровам состояние моего рассудка или по-крайней мере глаз и только спустя несколько минут убедился что я не сумашедший и не брежу но если я опишу это чудовище которое я видел совершенно ясно и за которым наблюдал спокойно все время пока она спускалась с холма мои читатели пожалуй не так легко поверит этому определяя размеры этого существа по сравнению с диаметром огромных деревьев мимо которых она двигалась немногих лесных giga это фудс и лев she had обвала я убедился что она далеко превосходит величина любой линейный корабль я говорю линейный корабль потому что форма чудовища напоминала корабль корпус 74 пушечного судно может дать довольно ясное представление о его очертаниях от животного помещалась на конце хобота футов 60 или 70 длиной и приблизительно такой же толщины как туловище обыкновенного слона у основания хобота находилась густая масса че тенистых косматых волос больше чем могла бы доставить дюжина бой валовых шкур а из нее...

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling Part 6 Free Audiobook Teenage Boys Adventure.
chapter six of captains courageous this is a liebervox recording all librebox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org this recording is by mark smith of simpsonville south carolina captain's courageous by richard kipling chapter six

the thing that struck him most was the exceedingly casual way in which some craft loafed about in the broad atlantic fishing boats as dan said were naturally dependent on the courtesy and wisdom of their neighbors but one expected better things of steamers that was after another interesting interview when they had been chased for three miles by a big lumbering old cattle boat all boarded over on the upper deck that smelt like a thousand cattle pens a very excited officer yelled at them through a speaking trumpet and she lay and lolloped helplessly on the water while disco ran the we're here under her lee and gave the skipper a piece of his mind where might you be eh you don't deserve to be anywheres you barnyard tramps go hogging the road on the high seas with no blame consideration for your neighbors and your eyes and your coffee cups instead of your silly heads at this the skipper danced on the bridge and said something about disco's own eyes we haven't had an observation for three days do you suppose we can run her blind he shouted well i can disco retorted what's come to your lead edit can't you smell bottom or are them cattle to rank what do you feed them asked uncle salters with intense seriousness for the smell of the pens woke all the farmer in them they say they fall off dreadful on a voyage don't know as there's any of my business but i have a kind of notion that oil cake broke small and sprinkled thunder said a cattleman and a red jersey as he looked over the side what asylum did they let his whiskers out of young feller salters began standing up in the four rigging let me tell you before we go any further that i have the officer on the bridge took off his cap with immense politeness excuse me he said but i've asked for my reckoning if the agricultural person with the hair will kindly shut his head the sea green barnacle with a wall eye may perhaps condescend to enlighten us now you have made a show of me soldiers said disco angrily he could not stand up to that particular sort of talk and snapped out the latitude and longitude without more lectures well that's a boatload of lunatics sure said the skipper as he rang up the engine room and tossed a bundle of newspapers into the schooner of all the blame fools next to you soldiers him and his crowd are about the likeliest i've ever seen said disco as the we're here slid away i was just giving him my judgment on lulu sick and round these waters like a lost child and you must cut in with your full farmin can't you never keep things separate harvey dan and the others stood back winking one to the other in full of joy but disco and salters wrangled seriously till evening salters arguing that a cattle boat was practically a barn on blue water and disco insisting that even if this were the case decency and fisher pride demanded that he should have kept things separate long jacks stood in silence for a time an angry skipper makes an unhappy crew and then he spoke across the table after supper for what's the good of bothering what they say said he they'll tell that tale against for years that's all said disco oil cake sprinkled with salt of course said salters and penitent reading the farming reports from a week old new york paper it's plum mortifying to all my feelings the skipper went on can't see it that way said long jack the peacemaker look at here disco is there another packet of float this day and this weather could have met a [ __ ] and over above given her her reckoning over and above that i say could have discoursed with her quite intelligent on the management of steers and...

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling Part 6 Free Audiobook Teenage Boys Adventure.
chapter six of captains courageous this is a liebervox recording all librebox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org this recording is by mark smith of simpsonville south carolina captain's courageous by richard kipling chapter six

the thing that struck him most was the exceedingly casual way in which some craft loafed about in the broad atlantic fishing boats as dan said were naturally dependent on the courtesy and wisdom of their neighbors but one expected better things of steamers that was after another interesting interview when they had been chased for three miles by a big lumbering old cattle boat all boarded over on the upper deck that smelt like a thousand cattle pens a very excited officer yelled at them through a speaking trumpet and she lay and lolloped helplessly on the water while disco ran the we're here under her lee and gave the skipper a piece of his mind where might you be eh you don't deserve to be anywheres you barnyard tramps go hogging the road on the high seas with no blame consideration for your neighbors and your eyes and your coffee cups instead of your silly heads at this the skipper danced on the bridge and said something about disco's own eyes we haven't had an observation for three days do you suppose we can run her blind he shouted well i can disco retorted what's come to your lead edit can't you smell bottom or are them cattle to rank what do you feed them asked uncle salters with intense seriousness for the smell of the pens woke all the farmer in them they say they fall off dreadful on a voyage don't know as there's any of my business but i have a kind of notion that oil cake broke small and sprinkled thunder said a cattleman and a red jersey as he looked over the side what asylum did they let his whiskers out of young feller salters began standing up in the four rigging let me tell you before we go any further that i have the officer on the bridge took off his cap with immense politeness excuse me he said but i've asked for my reckoning if the agricultural person with the hair will kindly shut his head the sea green barnacle with a wall eye may perhaps condescend to enlighten us now you have made a show of me soldiers said disco angrily he could not stand up to that particular sort of talk and snapped out the latitude and longitude without more lectures well that's a boatload of lunatics sure said the skipper as he rang up the engine room and tossed a bundle of newspapers into the schooner of all the blame fools next to you soldiers him and his crowd are about the likeliest i've ever seen said disco as the we're here slid away i was just giving him my judgment on lulu sick and round these waters like a lost child and you must cut in with your full farmin can't you never keep things separate harvey dan and the others stood back winking one to the other in full of joy but disco and salters wrangled seriously till evening salters arguing that a cattle boat was practically a barn on blue water and disco insisting that even if this were the case decency and fisher pride demanded that he should have kept things separate long jacks stood in silence for a time an angry skipper makes an unhappy crew and then he spoke across the table after supper for what's the good of bothering what they say said he they'll tell that tale against for years that's all said disco oil cake sprinkled with salt of course said salters and penitent reading the farming reports from a week old new york paper it's plum mortifying to all my feelings the skipper went on can't see it that way said long jack the peacemaker look at here disco is there another packet of float this day and this weather could have met a [ __ ] and over above given her her reckoning over and above that i say could have discoursed with her quite intelligent on the management of steers and...

Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees by Johnny Gruelle (7)
chapter 7 of raggedy ann and andy and the camel with the wrinkled knees this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by kim lamb raggedy ann and andy and the camel with the wrinkled knees by johnny gruelle chapter 7. after the tired old horse and the camel with the wrinkled knees had run for a long long time they sat down to rest and as they did not tell their writers what they intended doing raggedy ann raggety andy babette jenny and jan slid right off onto the ground i forgot to mention that i intended sitting down the tired old horse said so did i the camel chimed in it's funny how i just took a sudden notion to stop and rest just as the tired old horse did well no one was hurt raggedy ann left so please do not apologize that bet is a lovely doll isn't she jenny said as she smoothed the french doll's hair indeed she is raggedy ann and raggedy andy both agreed she's the prettiest doll of all it's nice to have you say that raggedy ann and raggedy andy that that smiled so that her dimple showed but really i must tell you that raggedy anne is the most beloved doll of all isn't she raggedy andy yes indeed that is true raggedy andy told jenny you see raggedy ann is old and so loppy and so generous and so kindly and she can think so much better than any of us other dolls and then too raggedy andy said maybe you don't know it but raggedy ann has a candy heart haven't you raggedy ann honest ask the camel with the wrinkled knees let's see it oh it is sewed up inside my cotton stuffed body raggedy and left i thought maybe you had it in your apron pocket the camel said here look raggedy andy told the camel you can feel raggedy ann's candy heart and raggedy andy showed the other just where to feel even the tired old horse was greatly surprised when he felt such a lovely candy heart were you frightened when the pirate took you out of the playroom babette raggedy andy asked not a bit babette replied only of course i did not wish to be taken away and i was afraid the pirate would drop me and break my china head when he jumped over the fence i thought you were a french doll the camel cried she is raggedy andy told the camel what makes you think she isn't mister because the camel said as he scratched his head as if trying to figure it all out if she has a china head she must be chinese so she can't be french everyone laughed at this and the tired old horse turned to somersault and kicked up his heels with glee the camel set with a puzzled expression on his canton flannel face well he cried just you tell me then how can she be french when she is chinese just you tell me that how can a brick walk the horse left or a house fly i shan't answer your riddles unless you answer mine the camel said then i'll explain the horse started to say when he saw in the distance a strange object bobbing up and down the ground and coming towards them look he cried it's a house fly the camel cried i mean it's a flying house indeed it is that that jumped to her feet it is the jumping houseboat of the pirates run as fast as you can the camel with the wrinkled knees immediately started running and the tired old horse had to run after him and drag him back to the others by the string the camel had for a tail now just see the time you've made us waste the tired old horse shouted you know perfectly well that you and i must carry the others quick he cried climb upon our backs the camel with their wrinkled knees couldn't think of anything to reply until he and the tired old horse had run almost a mile then he cried to the horse wait a minute i just thought of something i want to tell you tell me as we run along the tired old horse shouted back at the camel can't you see the pirates are gaining on us every minute i just wanted to tell you not to be so bossy mr tired old horse the...

Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees by Johnny Gruelle (7)
chapter 7 of raggedy ann and andy and the camel with the wrinkled knees this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by kim lamb raggedy ann and andy and the camel with the wrinkled knees by johnny gruelle chapter 7. after the tired old horse and the camel with the wrinkled knees had run for a long long time they sat down to rest and as they did not tell their writers what they intended doing raggedy ann raggety andy babette jenny and jan slid right off onto the ground i forgot to mention that i intended sitting down the tired old horse said so did i the camel chimed in it's funny how i just took a sudden notion to stop and rest just as the tired old horse did well no one was hurt raggedy ann left so please do not apologize that bet is a lovely doll isn't she jenny said as she smoothed the french doll's hair indeed she is raggedy ann and raggedy andy both agreed she's the prettiest doll of all it's nice to have you say that raggedy ann and raggedy andy that that smiled so that her dimple showed but really i must tell you that raggedy anne is the most beloved doll of all isn't she raggedy andy yes indeed that is true raggedy andy told jenny you see raggedy ann is old and so loppy and so generous and so kindly and she can think so much better than any of us other dolls and then too raggedy andy said maybe you don't know it but raggedy ann has a candy heart haven't you raggedy ann honest ask the camel with the wrinkled knees let's see it oh it is sewed up inside my cotton stuffed body raggedy and left i thought maybe you had it in your apron pocket the camel said here look raggedy andy told the camel you can feel raggedy ann's candy heart and raggedy andy showed the other just where to feel even the tired old horse was greatly surprised when he felt such a lovely candy heart were you frightened when the pirate took you out of the playroom babette raggedy andy asked not a bit babette replied only of course i did not wish to be taken away and i was afraid the pirate would drop me and break my china head when he jumped over the fence i thought you were a french doll the camel cried she is raggedy andy told the camel what makes you think she isn't mister because the camel said as he scratched his head as if trying to figure it all out if she has a china head she must be chinese so she can't be french everyone laughed at this and the tired old horse turned to somersault and kicked up his heels with glee the camel set with a puzzled expression on his canton flannel face well he cried just you tell me then how can she be french when she is chinese just you tell me that how can a brick walk the horse left or a house fly i shan't answer your riddles unless you answer mine the camel said then i'll explain the horse started to say when he saw in the distance a strange object bobbing up and down the ground and coming towards them look he cried it's a house fly the camel cried i mean it's a flying house indeed it is that that jumped to her feet it is the jumping houseboat of the pirates run as fast as you can the camel with the wrinkled knees immediately started running and the tired old horse had to run after him and drag him back to the others by the string the camel had for a tail now just see the time you've made us waste the tired old horse shouted you know perfectly well that you and i must carry the others quick he cried climb upon our backs the camel with their wrinkled knees couldn't think of anything to reply until he and the tired old horse had run almost a mile then he cried to the horse wait a minute i just thought of something i want to tell you tell me as we run along the tired old horse shouted back at the camel can't you see the pirates are gaining on us every minute i just wanted to tell you not to be so bossy mr tired old horse the...

The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum (6) Free Audiobooks Tale Teller Children Traditional Collection

The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum (6) Free Audiobooks Tale Teller Children Traditional Collection

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame CH 6 Mr Toad Free Audiobook Public Domain.
this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org this recording is by mark smith of simpsonville south carolina the wind and the willows by kenneth graham this is chapter six mr toad it was a bright morning in the early part of summer the river had resumed its wanted banks and it's a custom pace and a hot sun seemed to be pulling everything green and bushy and spiky up out of the earth towards him as if by strings the mole in the water rat had been up since dawn very busy on matters connected with boats and the opening of the boating season painting and varnishing mending paddles repairing cushions hunting for missing boat hooks and so on and we're finishing breakfast in their little parlor and eagerly discussing their plans for the day when a heavy knock sounded at the door mother said the rat all over egg see who it is mole like a good chap since you're finished the mole went to attend the summons and the rat heard him utter a cry of surprise then he flung the parlor door open and announced with much importance mr badger this was a wonderful thing indeed that the badgers should pay a formal call on them or indeed on anybody he generally had to be caught if you wanted him badly as he slipped quietly along a hedgerow of an early morning or a late evening or else hunted up in his own house in the middle of the wood which was a serious undertaking the badger strode heavily into the room and stood looking at the tube animals with an expression full of seriousness the rat let his egg spoon fall on the tablecloth and sat open mouth the hour has come said the badger at last with great solemnity one hour asked the rat uneasily glancing at the clock on the mantelpiece whose hour you should rather say replied the badger why toad's hour the hour of toad i said i would take him in hand as soon as the winner was well over and i'm going to take him in hand today toe tower of course cried the mold delightly hooray i remember now we'll teach him to be a sensible toad this very morning continued the badger taking an armchair as i learned last night from a trustworthy source another new and exceptionally powerful motor car will arrive at toad hall on approval or return at this very moment perhaps toad is busy arraying himself in those singularly hideous sub elements so dear to him which transform him from a comparatively good-looking toad into an object which throws any decent-minded animal that comes across it into a violent fit we must be up and doing here it is too late you two animals will accompany me instantly to toad hall and the work of rescue shall be accomplished right you are cried the rat starting up we will rescue the poor unhappy animal we'll convert him he'll be the most converted toad that ever was before we're done with him they set off up the road on their mission of mercy badger leading the way animals wanting company walk in a proper and sensible manner in single file instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger they reached the carriage drive of toad hall defined as the badger had anticipated a shiny new motor car of great size painted a bright red toad's favorite color standing in front of the house as they neared the door it was flung open and mr toad a raiding goggles cap gators an enormous overcoat came swaggering down the steps drawing on his gauntlet of gloves hello come on you fellows he cried cheerfully on catching sight of them you're just in time to come with me for a jolly to come for a jolly o for a jolly his hearty accents faltered and fell away as he noticed the stern unbending look on the countenances of his silent friends and his invitation remained unfinished the badger strode up the steps take him inside he said sternly to his companions then as...

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame CH 6 Mr Toad Free Audiobook Public Domain.
this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org this recording is by mark smith of simpsonville south carolina the wind and the willows by kenneth graham this is chapter six mr toad it was a bright morning in the early part of summer the river had resumed its wanted banks and it's a custom pace and a hot sun seemed to be pulling everything green and bushy and spiky up out of the earth towards him as if by strings the mole in the water rat had been up since dawn very busy on matters connected with boats and the opening of the boating season painting and varnishing mending paddles repairing cushions hunting for missing boat hooks and so on and we're finishing breakfast in their little parlor and eagerly discussing their plans for the day when a heavy knock sounded at the door mother said the rat all over egg see who it is mole like a good chap since you're finished the mole went to attend the summons and the rat heard him utter a cry of surprise then he flung the parlor door open and announced with much importance mr badger this was a wonderful thing indeed that the badgers should pay a formal call on them or indeed on anybody he generally had to be caught if you wanted him badly as he slipped quietly along a hedgerow of an early morning or a late evening or else hunted up in his own house in the middle of the wood which was a serious undertaking the badger strode heavily into the room and stood looking at the tube animals with an expression full of seriousness the rat let his egg spoon fall on the tablecloth and sat open mouth the hour has come said the badger at last with great solemnity one hour asked the rat uneasily glancing at the clock on the mantelpiece whose hour you should rather say replied the badger why toad's hour the hour of toad i said i would take him in hand as soon as the winner was well over and i'm going to take him in hand today toe tower of course cried the mold delightly hooray i remember now we'll teach him to be a sensible toad this very morning continued the badger taking an armchair as i learned last night from a trustworthy source another new and exceptionally powerful motor car will arrive at toad hall on approval or return at this very moment perhaps toad is busy arraying himself in those singularly hideous sub elements so dear to him which transform him from a comparatively good-looking toad into an object which throws any decent-minded animal that comes across it into a violent fit we must be up and doing here it is too late you two animals will accompany me instantly to toad hall and the work of rescue shall be accomplished right you are cried the rat starting up we will rescue the poor unhappy animal we'll convert him he'll be the most converted toad that ever was before we're done with him they set off up the road on their mission of mercy badger leading the way animals wanting company walk in a proper and sensible manner in single file instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger they reached the carriage drive of toad hall defined as the badger had anticipated a shiny new motor car of great size painted a bright red toad's favorite color standing in front of the house as they neared the door it was flung open and mr toad a raiding goggles cap gators an enormous overcoat came swaggering down the steps drawing on his gauntlet of gloves hello come on you fellows he cried cheerfully on catching sight of them you're just in time to come with me for a jolly to come for a jolly o for a jolly his hearty accents faltered and fell away as he noticed the stern unbending look on the countenances of his silent friends and his invitation remained unfinished the badger strode up the steps take him inside he said sternly to his companions then as...