Short Stories For Children The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame Listen to the story II. The Open Road                                                     Previous Chapter            Next Chapter    ‘Ratty,’ said the Mole suddenly, one bright summer morning, ‘if you please, I want to ask you a favor.’ The Rat was sitting on the river bank, singing a little song. He had just composed it himself, so he was very taken up with it and would not pay proper attention to Mole or anything else. Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his…