`` Good morning , Old Mr. Toad , '' said Peter in his most polite manner . `` Can you tell me where all these little Toads came from ? '' -LSB- Illustration : `` Can you tell me where all these little Toads came from ? '' -RSB- `` Certainly , '' replied Old Mr. Toad . `` They came from the Smiling Pool , of course . Where did you suppose they came from ? '' `` I -- I did n't know . There was n't one to be seen , and then it began to rain , and right away they were everywhere . It -- it almost seemed as if they had rained down out of the sky . '' Old Mr. Toad chuckled . `` They 've got good sense , if I must say it about my own children , '' said he . `` They know that wet weather is the only weather for Toads to travel in . They left the Smiling Pool in the night while it was damp and comfortable , and then , when the sun came up , they hid , like sensible children , under anything they could find , sticks , stones , pieces of bark , grass . The minute this shower came up , they knew it was good traveling weather and out they popped . '' `` But what did they leave the Smiling Pool for ? '' Peter asked . `` To see the Great World , '' replied Old Mr. Toad . `` Foolish , very foolish of them , but they would do it . I did the same thing myself when I was their age . Could n't stop me any more than I could stop them .
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