The Devoted Friend - page 37

However, I can say it now”; so he shouted out “Pooh” at the top of his voice, gave
a whisk with his tail, and went back into his hole.
“And how do you like the Water-rat?” asked the Duck, who came paddling up
some minutes afterwards. “He has a great many good points, but for my own part
I have a mother ’s feelings, and I can never look at a confirmed bachelor without the
tears coming into my eyes.”
“I am rather afraid that I have annoyed him,” answered the Linnet. “The fact is, I
told him a story with a moral.”
“Ah! that is always a very dangerous thing to do,” said the Duck.
And I quite agree with her.Zgadzam się z nią w zupełności.
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