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==Cultural depictions== {{Further|Toadstone|List of fictional frogs and toads}} [[File:Dong Ho painting - Nhan nghia.jpg|thumb|Vietnamese folk painting "Nhân nghĩa"]] [[File:Grenouilles2.jpg|thumb|Vietnamese folk painting "Lão oa giảng độc"]] In [[Kenneth Grahame]]'s novel ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' (1908), [[Mr. Toad]] is a likeable and popular, if selfish and narcissistic, comic character. Mr. Toad reappears as the lead character in [[A. A. Milne]]'s play ''[[Toad of Toad Hall]]'' (1929), based on the book.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml | title=The Big Read Top 200 | publisher=BBC | date=April 2003 | access-date=28 June 2016}}.</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Christine Paik |title=100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900: From ''Book'' Magazine, March/April 2002 |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/totn/features/2002/mar/020319.characters.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020408191445/https://www.npr.org/programs/totn/features/2002/mar/020319.characters.html |archive-date=8 April 2002 |url-status=dead |work=[[Talk of the Nation]] |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=2002-03-19 |access-date=2013-02-26}}</ref> In Chinese culture, the Money Toad (or Frog) [[Jin Chan]] appears as a [[feng shui]] charm for prosperity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fengshui-doctrine.com/index.php?q=feng-shui-money-frog.html |title=Feng Shui Money Frog |access-date=28 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501191603/http://fengshui-doctrine.com/index.php?q=feng-shui-money-frog.html |archive-date=1 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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