The Wind in the Willows-버드나무 숲에 이는 바람 -7

  In the end, of course, the Rat agreed to go, and by the evening they found themslevs on a lonely hillside miles from home. It had been a golden afternoon, and even the Rat had enjoyed the journey so far. only the old grey horse was not very happy. He had to do all the hard work of pulling the caravan, and he was not at all pleased about it.

  The next morning the Toad was still sleeping deeply when the other two got up. They shook him very hard but couldn't wake him, so they had to do all the work. The Rat took care of the horse, lit the fire, and did last night's washing-up. The Mole walked to the nearest village, a long way away, to get milk and eggs and bread, which the Toad had, of course, forgotten to bring. And when at last the Toad got up, he said what a pleasant easy life it was on the open road.

 

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