The Adventures of Toad (26)

The Adventures of Toad (26)

  Toad ceased his frivolous antics at once.
  He became grave and depressed.

  Presently the driver called out, " I can see it clearly now ! It is an engine on our rails, coming along at a great pace ! It looks as if we were being pursued ! They are gaining on us fast ! And the engine is crowded with policeman, waving truncheons and all shouting,
" Stop, stop ! stop ! "



  Then the Toad fell on his knees and cried, " Save me, kind Mr. Engine-driver ! I am not the simple washerwoman I seem ! I am the well-known and popular Mr. Toad, and I have just escaped from a dungeon into which my enemies had flung me ! I only borrowed a motor-car while the owners were at lunch. I didin't mean to steal it ; but magistrats take such harsh views of high-spirited actions. "

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