A new dawn found Toad listening to the girl tell him about what was going on in the wide world. Toad cried from time to time as he realized how much everyone cared for him and, more importantly, how much he cared for everyone.
In the meantime, Rat and Mole had disguised Badger as a doctor and Dr. Ersatz was arranging for Toad to be transferred to Dr. Ersatz's private facility for rehabilitation. Dr. Williams was a bit nervous about this ("You remind me of someone I know", he muttered over and over) but Badger , disguised or nor, made for a convincing personage. Mole felt a little guilt, what with his fake mustache, eye-glasses and white coat, but he was thrilled to be having a hand in the scheme. Rat, similarly attired, was chatting the stoats up about the latest in respiratory therapy ("How does he do it", Mole wondered to himself.)
And by noon, arrangements having been made and Toad having exhausted himself, all was quiet. Toad was napping while the girl sat at his bed, and Badger, Rat, and Mole, having collected Otter, were free of their disguises and dancing in the lane on their way back to the Wild Wood. Toad would be free and whole. It was just a matter of time.
A new plan for a new day and hope gusted in the Fall air with the yellow leaves.
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