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Life returned to normal. The Battle of Toad Hall was over. And Toad’s party was over. The four friends went back to their old lives.

生活恢复了正常。蛤蟆宅第的战役结束了。 蟾蜍的聚会结束了。四个朋友回到了他们以前的生活。

One day Rat was busy writing a poem. “ What has Toad been doing?” he asked Mole. Mole was reading by the fire. “ Toad bought the jailer’s daughter a dress, ” he said.

一天，水鼠正忙着写一首诗。“蟾蜍在做什么?”他问鼹鼠。 鼹鼠正在火炉旁看书。“蟾蜍给狱卒的女儿买了一件衣服。”他说。

“ Wow! ” said Rat. “ He gave her some pearls too, ” said Mole. “ Well, she did help him escape, ” said Rat. Rat stretched his toes closer to the fire.

“哇!”水鼠说。“他还给了她一些珍珠，”鼹鼠说。 “嗯，她确实帮他逃走了。”水鼠说。水鼠把脚趾伸得更靠近火堆。

“ Toad wrote her a nice note too, ” said Mole. “ He did?” asked Rat. “ Yes, he said he was very thankful, ” said Mole. Rat stared into the fire, thinking.

“蟾蜍也给她写了一封很不错的信，”鼹鼠说。“他?“水鼠问。 “是的，他说他很感激。”鼹鼠说。水鼠盯着火，若有所思。

“ Did he pay the train engineer too?” asked Rat. “ Yes. He even paid the possum! ” said Mole. “ And he told her he was sorry. ”

“他也付钱给火车司机了吗?”水鼠问。 “是的。他甚至付了负鼠钱!”鼹鼠说。“他向她道了歉。”