“The animals were evidently puzzled and taken ... someone else has done all the hard work for him. But after Ratty, Badger and Mole help Toad forcefully liberate his home from the stoats and ...

The two animals stop to enjoy their picnic and Mole has a first meeting with Otter and Badger and a first sighting of Toad, who is also out on the river. When they resume Mole grows a little ...