The Wind in the Willows: resumo de Chapter 10

O que acontece

1. Toad wakes in a hollow tree and gains passage on a barge by pretending to be a washerwoman visiting her daughter.
2. His failed washing exposes his lies, and the barge-woman throws him into the canal.
3. Toad steals her horse, then sells it to a gypsy for six shillings and sixpence and a filling breakfast.
4. The owners of the car he steals mistake him for a distressed washerwoman and kindly give him a lift.
5. Allowed to drive, Toad speeds, reveals his identity, crashes into a pond, and escapes across the fields.
6. Pursued by the driver and policemen, Toad falls into the river and reaches a hole where the Water Rat appears.

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O que observar

Toad briefly recognizes the faults that repeatedly endanger him. His admission comes only when pursuit interrupts another celebration of his cleverness.

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