Kenneth Graham (1859-1932) was a Scottish best-selling children's book author. This "Penguin Classic Library" of "The Wind in the Willow Forest" is one of his masterpieces.
With a fresh and beautiful writing style, "The Wind in the Willow Forest" portrays humorous and wonderful story scenes, building a fascinating and interesting children's world.
For example, in the chapter "Riverbank", Kenneth Graham describes a boat trip between moles and river rats, seeing and experiencing interesting and beautiful moments of joy along the way.
Spring arrives, and the diligent mole does a spring cleaning at home, after which he runs out to hang out. On the bank of the river, the mole meets the river rat, gets on the river rat's boat, and goes out together.
The first time the mole took a boat, everything was so new and interesting that he decided to spend the day playing and revel in the sparkles, ripples, aromas and sunshine.
Mole and river rats swim along the riverbank in boats, passing through the wild forest to the backwater inlet for a picnic. The hungry mole has a full meal.
Then they saw otters in the water, old badgers on the hedge, and toads in new clothes driving his brand new row.
As the sun sets in the west, the river rats gently swing their oars in the direction of their home. The satisfied mole also wanted to try paddling, so he took the opportunity to grab the river rat's seat and grab the oar.
As a result, the unfamiliar mole overturned the boat, and the two plopped into the river. The drenched mole sank into the water, coughing and choking, squeaking, but fortunately the river rat rescued him.
The mole realizes that he has made a mistake and sincerely apologizes to the river rat, whose magnanimity moves the mole to tears. The river rat finally invited the mole to the house and settled everything.
The river rat not only warmly welcomed the mole at home, but also taught the mole to swim, row, and taste the fun of playing with the flowing water.
In this way, the mole had a good time of freedom and joy.
