The Wind in the Willows Chapter 7

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Little Portly is missing again; and you know what a lot his father thinks of him, though he never says much about it.’

• Mole's brother

• Otter's younger son

• Otter's daughter

• Badger's cousin

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He was going to spend the night watching by the ford.

• Shallow body of water that can be crossed by wading

• Grass like plants growing in shallow water or marshy ground

• willow trees

• Edge growth

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Portly had soon been comforted by the promise of a treat- a jaunt on the river in Mr. Rat’s real boat;

• Short pleasure; an outing

• Total forgetfulness

• Constantly changing; unpredictable

• Soon-coming

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Looking up the river, they could see Otter start up, tense and rigid, from out of the shallows where he crouched in dumb patience, and could hear his amazed and joyous bark as he bounded up through the osiers on to the path.

• Shallow body of water that can be crossed by wading

• Grass like plants growing in shallow water or marshy ground

• willow trees

• Edge growth

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THE Willow-Wren was twittering his thin little song, hidden himself in the dark selvedge of the river bank.

• Shallow body of water that can be crossed by wading

• Grass like plants growing in shallow water or marshy ground

• willow trees

• Edge growth

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A bird piped suddenly, and was still; and a light breeze sprang up and set the reeds and bulrushes rustling.

• Shallow body of water that can be crossed by wading

• Grass like plants growing in shallow water or marshy ground

• willow trees

• Edge growth

They meet a god-like creature in the woods who is playing pan-pipes and has a human torso and head with goats legs, horns and ears.

Short pipes bound together in gradual lengths with the mouth piece in a n even row, named after the god Pan.

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and the sullen heats of the torrid afternoon broke up and rolled away at the dispersing touch of the cool fingers of the short midsummer night

• Scorching hot

• Total forgetfulness

• Constantly changing; unpredictable

• Soon-coming

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...plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well-earned repose.

• Decorated with jewels

• Total forgetfulness

• Rest

• Soon-coming