Kenneth Grahame — Scottish Novelist born on March 08, 1859, died on June 06, 1932

Kenneth Grahame was a British writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows, one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon; both books were later adapted into Disney films... (wikipedia)

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.
Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.
A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.