Wind in the Willows.  This is from chapter 12.  In Toad's absence, weasels, ferrets and stoats have overtaken his home and grounds.  His friends, Badger, Mole, and Rat are helping him get it back by sneaking in through a hidden passage.

Badger, Mole, Rat and Toad were going through a tunnel.  Toad slips in the water.  Then they went back to help him.  But the Badger says, "If you make on more sound, we're leaving you behind."  And it was dark. 

Rat called to him because he was really scared and he was staying back in the dark.  Rat said, "Come on."  So he came on and bumped into Rat and Rat bumped into Mole and Mole into Badger.  Badger thought they were being attacked from behind and almost put a bullet in Toad.  Then he noticed that Toad had bumped into Rat and that made Mole bump into him.  That made him mad. 

They kept going.  They could start to hear some people cheering and footsteps above their head.  They started to go up the tunnel.  Badger said when they could go out and everyone was got startled from them bursting out.  They ran away.  A few escaped out of the window.  Some of them went up the chimney so they wouldn't get hit by the sticks. 

They looked for food to eat and Badger asked Mole to do an errand for him.  Mole went out to check on the animals that were watching the place.  He brought back a lot of pistols.  Mole told him that they got scared of the weasels coming out.  They dropped their pistols and got scared.  Most of them fell into the river.  Badger wanted them [their prisoners] to go up and clean rooms for them to sleep in.  So they did.  Then Mole came back down and pulled out his seat and started to eat.