Badger and Rat loved Mole's story.
"What a clever trick!" said Rat.
"Go on," said Badger.
"Tell us more."
Mole continued.
"A ferret told me to leave," Mole said.
"'Now go away, good woman!' the ferret said."
"They called you 'good woman'?" laughed Badger.
"How funny!" cried Rat, holding his stomach.
Toad looked away.
"I wore the dress too," he mumbled.
"Someone called me 'good woman.'
But no one laughed at my story!"
Mole continued:
"'Don't bother us!' a ferret yelled.
'Go away!'
'Soon you will have to go, sir!' I said."
"Oh, Mole, you said that?" asked Rat.
"They will figure out our plan!"
"Let Mole finish," said Badger.
Mole went on:
"The ferrets all looked at each other.
'Don't listen to her!' one ferret said.
'She's just an old woman,' said another.
And I said, 'Maybe you should listen.
My daughter does wash for Mr. Badger.
And she heard him making a plan.
Tonight there will be a great attack!'"
Mole's friends were shocked.
They all looked at each other.
"What has Mole done?" Rat thought.