Mole is hardworking, earnest, eager; Ratty—except for one brief encounter with the Sea Rat in the “Wayfarers All” chapter—is content with his life at the river’s edge; the Badger is secretive, haughty, slightly aggressive; and Toad, that bacchanalian amphibian, is wild, exuberant, acquisitive, and tending toward the arrogant.
