The Wind In The Willows (The Pipes Of Pan)

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

Chapter 7: The Pipes Of Pan

Meanwhile, on the River Bank, everyone was worried. Otter's baby son was missing from home. He had never been away so long before. Search parties went out to look for him, but no one could find him anywhere. Mole and Ratty were very upset. "Otter is watching by the ford," said Ratty. "It's where he taught him to swim. It was little Portly's favorite place. Otter thought he might come back there. He has been waiting there all night." It was getting towards dawn when Mole said, "Come on, Rat, I can't sleep for thinking of him. Let's go and look for him ourselves." So they took their boat and sculled quietly up the river, as the sun came up and the birds began to twitter. Everything smelled fresh and green. They went further up the river than they had ever been before, and came to a little island. "Listen!" said Ratty, shipping his oars. "Do you hear music?" Mole rowed closer. He could not hear anything. Ratty's eyes were shining. He seemed very far away, as if he were under a spell. "Go closer!" said Ratty. They moored their boat and made their way through the reeds to the grassy bank. Now Mole could hear the music, too. It was piping, very high and clear. It seemed to draw the two animals towards a little clearing under the trees. They felt as if they were in some holy place. Then they saw the Protector of all animals, sitting under a tree, with the Panpipes in his hand. They saw his horns and his strong, kind face, brown chest and shaggy goat limbs. Nestled between his hooves slept the podgy childish form of the baby otter. For one second the little animals saw this vision, and heard the music. Then suddenly it was gone, and the glade was empty. The baby otter awoke and with whimpering cries searched the clearing for its lost friend. Mole and Ratty took Portly back with them to the ford where the Otter waited so patiently. From a little way off, they watched the happy meeting. Then they went home, wondering, and feeling that

something very special had happened to them that day. But they could not remember it.