The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)

The attempt of Mole, Ratty, and Badger to assist Mr. Toad is described in full.

Water vole Rat meets Mole and offers to take him on a trip in his rowing boat. In Ratty's riverbank house, the two buddies share a residence. Toad abandons his earlier obsession with horse-drawn caravans and becomes obsessed with automobiles.

To meet the moral and wise Badger, Mole and Rat travel to the Wild Wood to meet him. Toad has crashed seven cars and spent three times in the hospital, according to Badger. Toad deceives Mole and Rat into believing he is ill so he might escape from their decision to place him in home detention.

After a string of mishaps, Toad finds the Water Rat's hole and rejoins Mole, Rat, Badger, and Mole. The four buddies live happily ever after he atones for his past excesses by reaching out and making amends to people he has offended.

Hardcover

Published July 22, 2014

About the author

Kenneth Grahame was a British writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature The Wind in the Willows (1908). Scottish by birth, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in England, following the death of his mother and his father's inability to look after the children. After attending St Edward's School in Oxford, his ambition to attend university was thwarted and he joined the Bank of England, where he had a successful career. Before writing The Wind in the Willows, he published three other books: Pagan Papers (1893), The Golden Age (1895), and Dream Days (1898).