Jerry Muskrat in "A Merry Home-going"

"I have an idea!" cried Paddy.
"What is it?" asked Jerry.
"Why, Grandfather Frog can ride on my flat tail," replied Paddy, "and then we'll go slow enough for Spotty to keep up with us."
And so it was that just as the first moonbeams kissed the Smiling Pool, out of the Laughing Brook swam the merriest party that ever was seen.
"Chugarum!" said Grandfather Frog.
"It is good to be home, but I think I would travel often, if I could have the tail of Paddy the Beaver for a boat."