One spring day, Mole decides that he has had enough of the tiresome spring-cleaning. He throws
down his broom and hurries out of his underground home into the sunny world outside looking
for adventures and new friends. He quickly finds both in the form of the Water Rat, who takes
him boating and introduces him to life on the river and in the Wild Wood. Mole soon befriends
the very kind Badger and the preposterous and boastful Toad. In time, the quartet's escapades-
including car crashes, a sojourn in jail for Toad and his spectacular escape and a battle with weasels
and stoats to reclaim Toad Hall-become the talk of the inhabitants of the riverside.
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, has attracted readers of every generation
and the quartet continues to delight their readers with their odd adventures
