Take the Adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! - Kenneth Grahame

"It'll be all right, my fine fellow," said the Otter. "I'm coming along with you, and I know every path blindfold; and if there's a head that needs to be punched, you can confidently rely upon me to punch it."

There's a misunderstanding somewhere, and I want to put it right. The fact is, this is a good dragon.

Rat!' he found breath to whisper, shaking. `Are you afraid?'

`Afraid?' murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love. `Afraid! Of him? O, never, never! And yet — and yet — O, Mole, I am afraid!