“Perhpas if I call out to Rat he might hear," said the Mole to himself, but without much hope. Rat! Ratty! O Rat, please hear me!" he called out as loudly as he could, holding up his lantern as he did so, waving it about/ But the wind rushed and roared around him even more, and snatched his weak words away the moment they were they were uttered, and scattered them wildly and uselessly as if they were flakes of snow, Even worse, the light of the lantern began to gutter, and then, quiet suddenly, an extra strong gust of wind blew it out. Well then," said the daunted but resolute Mole, putting the spent lantern on the ground, "there's nothing else for it! Frozen rivers are dangerous thinngs, no doubt, but I must try to cross, despite the dangers." --The Willows in the Winter” DangerousWinterMoleLantern Author:William Horwood
“What he did have faith in was that when the need came there would be moles in Duncton who would have the courage to stance forth, put their trust in the Stone and face their enemies, not with talons of hatred and violence, but but with the powers of love, and faith, and peace.” Spirituality Book:Duncton Rising Source: Duncton Rising