Ingiliz cocuk kitaplari yazari Kenneth Grahame'in dogum yildonumu (8 Mart 1859)
"Kostebek, butun sabah evini bahara hazirlamak icin cok ama cok calismisti. Once supurge ve toz bezleriyle bogusmus; sonra bir elinde firca diger elinde boya kovasi merdivenlerin,basamaklarin, sandalyelerin uzerinde, bogazina ve gozlerine toz dolana,siyah kurku boyaya bulanana, agriyan bir sirt ve yorgun kollara sahip olana kadar kosturup durmustu.Sonsuz arayis ve ozlem ruhu ile Kostebegin karanlik ve basik tavanli kucucuk evine bile yayilan bahar, her yerdeydi; nefes aldigi havada, ayak bastigi toprakta... Onu cevreleyen her yerde... Tam da bu yuzden Kostebegin 'Bahar temizligi de neymis!' diye soylenerek elindeki fircayi yere firlatip ceketini bile almadan disariya firlamasina sasmamak gerekir. Yukarilardan bir sey, emredercesine onu cagiriyordu. Bu cagriya uyan Kostebek, dik tunelin yolunu tuttu. Evleri gunese ve havaya yakin olan hayvanlar icin cakil kapli binek arabasi yollari ne ise bu tunel de Kostebek icin oydu."
"The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. It was small wonder, then, that he suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said, 'Bother!' and 'O blow!' and also "'Hang spring-cleaning!' and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat. Something up above was calling him imperiously, and he made for the steep little tunnel which answered in his case to the gravelled carriage-drive owned by animals whose residences are nearer to the sun and air."
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