The stories that Kenneth Grahame told his son about a mole & a toad became this 1908 classic
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began as bedtime stories and letters addressed to Grahame's troubled son, ... fan 
in US president Theodore Roosevelt who, in 1909, wrote to Grahame to tell him 
that... [DOC] [TLE] The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame - The Guardian [PAR] Jun 9, 2014 ...