“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.” FellowsBusyHolidayVacationAll The BestBest HolidayWind In The WillowsGreat Holiday Book:The wind in the willows Source: The wind in the willows
“The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton," he remarked approvingly. "Sensible Mole! The very thing! Now we shall be able to mull some ale. Get the things ready, Mole, while I draw the corks."” AbleReadyDrawsBusyLabelsBeerPerceiveBottlesSensibleRatsExaminingMolesAleCork Book:The wind in the willows Source: The wind in the willows
“There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not.” IfsMatterDoneSeemsCan DoHalfParticularBusyBoatCharmEmsGet AwayDestinationSailingYou Can Do ItSomewhere ElseAbsolutely NothingNauticalSailing And The SeaBoats And SailingWind In The Willows Book:My Dearest Mouse: 'The Wind in the Willows' Letters Source: My Dearest Mouse: 'The Wind in the Willows' Letters
