The Willows And Beyond
“We’ll just have to see that you celebrate Christmas this year!”“And Mr Ratty,” said Young Rat, “he can too.”“Indeed, what a good idea, what a very good idea —and Ratty too! We’ll give you both a Christmas that none of us will forget and that will bring good cheer to all of us!”The youngster brightened and his eyes lit up.“What exactly do we have to do at Christmas?”The Mole said, “Do? We don’t have to do anything very much, except think a little of what our friends might want — for we give each... of them a gift, don’t you see? — and have about us only those things and people and memories that we like and cherish. Then there’s the little matter of the festive board, which is to say the food and drink, in which department, if I may say so without being immodest, I am regarded locally as something of an expert. Why, my plum pudding —“What’s plum pudding?”“Good heavens, there is a lot about Christmas you don’t know For there’s all the speeches and formality —that adds a little extra to the occasion, though you can take it from me that Mr Toad considers himself an authority on such matters!”“When does it start?”“Starts a long time back, for Christmas is in our hearts and it’s always there, waiting to come forth to lighten the darkness at the turning of the winter solstice.MoreLess
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