TheRat，meanwhile，wasbusyexaminingthelabelononeofthebeer-bottles。`IperceivethistobeOldBurton，’heremarkedapprovingly。`SENSIBLEMole！Theverything！Nowweshallbeabletomullsomeale！Getthethingsready，Mole，whileI
drawthecorks。’
Itdidnottakelongtopreparethebrewandthrustthetinheaterwellintotheredheartofthefire；andsooneveryfield-
mousewassippingandcoughingandchoking（foralittlemulledalegoesalongway）andwipinghiseyesandlaughingandforgettinghehadeverbeencoldinallhislife。
`Theyactplaystoo，thesefellows，’theMoleexplainedtotheRat。`Makethemupallbythemselves，andactthemafterwards。