Old Mr. Toad in "Jimmy Skunk Is Surprised"

On every side he heard glad voices. Bumble the Bee was humming a song. Best of all, Jimmy had found three beetles that very morning, and he knew that there were more if he could find them. So why shouldn't he feel good?
Jimmy had laughed at Ryder Rabbit for being so anxious for Summer to arrive, but he was just as glad as Ryder that she had come, although he wouldn't have said so for the world. His sharp little eyes twinkled as he ambled along, and there wasn't much that they missed. As he walked he talked, quite to himself of course, because there was nobody near to hear, and this is what he was saying: