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==Plot==

==Plot==

On a warm spring morning in rural England, the Mole is busy spring-cleaning his home. He grows tired of it and digs a tunnel up to the surface, where he marvels in the beauty of springtime. After arriving at the river and being attached to it at once, he befriends the Water Rat (another name for a water vole), who makes his home beside the river and spends his time in boats. They become fast friends during a picnic and get to meet some other characters in the story: brave Otter, solitary Badger, and eccentric Toad. Rat invites Mole to live with him for a little while as he teaches him how to row and swim.

On a warm spring morning in rural England, the Mole is busy spring-cleaning his home. He gets fed up with all the cleaning and digs a tunnel up to the surface, where he marvels in the beauty of springtime. After arriving at the river and being attached to it at once, he befriends the Water Rat (another name for a water vole), who makes his home beside the river and spends his time in boats. They become fast friends during a picnic and get to meet some other characters in the story: brave Otter, solitary Badger, and eccentric Toad. Rat invites Mole to live with him for a little while as he teaches him how to row and swim.

Summer comes, and Mole wants to properly greet Toad, who is rich and owns a manor called Toad Hall. Toad is shown to be friendly and jovial but also aimless and arrogant. becoming obsessed with a fad one day and skipping to the other the next. On this day, Toad has given up boating and has decided to travel in his horse-drawn gypsy cart, inviting Mole and Rat to join him on a journey throughout England. They haven't gone long and far when they run afoul of some people speeding along in their motorcar, upsetting the cart and startling the horse. Toad is fascinated with the motorcar and abandons carts to go to the next fad: motorcars.

Summer comes, and Mole wants to properly greet Toad, who is rich and owns a manor called Toad Hall. Toad is shown to be friendly and jovial but also aimless and arrogant. becoming obsessed with a fad one day and skipping to the other the next. On this day, Toad has given up boating and has decided to travel in his horse-drawn gypsy cart, inviting Mole and Rat to join him on a journey throughout England. They haven't gone long and far when they run afoul of some people speeding along in their motorcar, upsetting the cart and startling the horse. Toad is fascinated with the motorcar and abandons carts to go to the next fad: motorcars.

Summer arrives, and Badger arrives at Rat's house to announce that it's time to snap Toad out of his reckless behavior. They head over to Toad Hall, where Toad is about to drive a motorcar until his friends arrive. Badger has Mole and Rat remove Toad's riding clothes before he tries talking Toad out of his obsession with motor cars. When Toad refuses to give up his mania, his friends place him under house arrest, guarding his room until he sees the error of his ways. Soon, Toad pretends to be sick and successfully tricks Rat into fetching him a doctor and a lawyer so that he can escape. Rat is scolded for being gullible, but Badger and Mole relent and volunteer to stay at Toad Hall to attend to it until Toad returns.

Summer arrives, and Badger arrives at Rat's house to announce that it's time to snap Toad out of his reckless behavior. They head over to Toad Hall, where Toad is about to drive a motorcar until his friends arrive. Badger has Mole and Rat remove Toad's riding clothes before he tries talking Toad out of his obsession with motor cars. When Toad refuses to give up his mania, his friends place him under house arrest, guarding his room until he sees the error of his ways. Soon, Toad pretends to be sick and successfully tricks Rat into fetching him a doctor and a lawyer so that he can escape. Rat is scolded for being gullible, but Badger and Mole relent and volunteer to stay at Toad Hall to attend to it until Toad returns.

Toad comes across a motorcar in the village and decides to drive in it. He crashes it and is arrested, thrown into the dungeon for twenty years; most of the years is because he had cheeked the police. It's thanks to kindness from the jailer's daughter that he's able to break out of prison in the guise of a washerwoman. He asks for help from an engineer and a horse-drawn barge. He briefly gets hired by the barge woman, but he gets thrown into the river after insulting the barge-woman for laughing at his bungling the recent load of laundry. In revenge, Toad steals the woman's horse and sells it to a gypsy. He comes across the same motorcar that he stole and got arrested for, won over by his passion and ends up stealing it. This gets the attention of the police, who chase him until he falls into the river with the motorcar.

Toad comes across a motorcar in the village and decides to drive in it. He crashes it and is arrested, thrown into the dungeon for twenty years; most of the years is because he had cheeked the police. It's thanks to kindness from the jailer's daughter that he's able to break out of prison in the guise of a washerwoman. He asks for help from an engineer and a horse-drawn barge. He briefly gets hired by the barge woman, but he gets thrown into the river after insulting the barge-woman for laughing at his bungling the recent load of laundry. In revenge, Toad steals the woman's horse and sells it to a gypsy. He comes across the same motorcar that he stole and got arrested for, pretending to be a washerwoman once again and getting a ride. Gripped by the thrill of being in a motorcar again, he takes control and crashes the car into a pond. This gets the attention of the police, who chase him until he falls into the river and is soon out of sight of the law.

While Toad has his adventures, there are two other stories about his riverside friends. The first - "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" - has Mole and Rat looking for Otter's lost son Portly, Otter worried that Portly never goes missing for too long. Fortunately, they do find him unharmed and in the presence of the Greek satyr Pan. Pan removes their memories of this meeting ''"lest the awful remembrance should remain and grow and overshadow mirth and pleasure"''. This inspires Rat for his latest poem while he and Mole are on their way home. The second story - "Wayfarers All" - tells of Rat feeling restless one late summer day, as if something is missing from his life. He meets a sea rat who tells him about his adventures out at sea, exploring places like Greece and Italy. Tempted and going crazy, Rat tries to abandon his riverside home, but Mole snaps him out of it. To Rat's credit, he does come to his senses and decides to stay by the river, but he does get inspired by the stories that the sea rat has told him and decides to try some poetry about it.

While Toad has his adventures, there are two other stories about his riverside friends. The first - "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" - has Mole and Rat looking for Otter's lost son Portly, Otter worried that Portly never goes missing for too long. Fortunately, they do find him unharmed and in the presence of the Greek satyr Pan. Pan removes their memories of this meeting ''"lest the awful remembrance should remain and grow and overshadow mirth and pleasure"''. This inspires Rat for his latest poem while he and Mole are on their way home. The second story - "Wayfarers All" - tells of Rat feeling restless one late summer day, as if something is missing from his life. He meets a sea rat who tells him about his adventures out at sea, exploring places like Greece and Italy. Tempted and going crazy, Rat tries to abandon his riverside home, but Mole snaps him out of it. To Rat's credit, he does come to his senses and decides to stay by the river, but he does get inspired by the stories that the sea rat has told him and decides to try some poetry about it.

Back with Toad's adventure, Toad drifts a while on the river before coming to the home of Rat, who brings him to his house. Mole and Badger had stayed at Toad Hall and have been keeping things there in order until the weasels, stoats, and ferrets from the Wild Wood chased them out. Hearing this, Toad furiously rows Rat's boat to Toad Hall and tries confronting the Wild Wood residents, but they destroy Rat's boat in the process, leading to Rat calling out Toad for all his misdeeds. Toad regrets what he has put his three friends through and promises to make it up to them, and the four friends come up with a plan to drive the Wild Wood animals out and take back Toad Hall.

Back with Toad's adventure, Toad drifts a while on the river before coming to the home of Rat, who brings him to his house. Mole and Badger had stayed at Toad Hall and have been keeping things there in order until the weasels, stoats, and ferrets from the Wild Wood chased them out. Hearing this, Toad furiously heads to Toad Hall to confront the Wild Wood residents, but they repel him; he even rows Rat's boat to Toad Hall, only for the Wild Wood animals to destroy the boat, leading to Rat calling out Toad for all his misdeeds. Toad regrets what he has put his three friends through and promises to make it up to them, and Mole and Badger have come back to welcome Toad. Mole soon heads to Toad Hall disguised in Toad's washerwoman clothes and gets the Wild Wood animals paranoid by telling tales of armies of badgers, rats, and toads coming to invade them. Then the four friends come up with a plan to drive the Wild Wood animals out and take back Toad Hall.

Thanks to a tunnel beneath the kitchen and a trick from Mole, the four animals manage to sneak into Toad Hall and fight the weasels and their allies. Once the weasels and stoats and ferrets are driven out, Toad is to host a feast for all of his neighbors, to herald his return. He is discouraged from singing songs or making speeches during this, which at first disheartens the amphibian before he composes himself. Toad sings one song to himself and confidently attends the feast, becoming a humbler animal; he even makes up for his wrongdoings by seeking out and compensating those he had wronged. After this, he, Mole, Rat, and Badger live peacefully and happily ever after in the English countryside.

Thanks to a tunnel beneath the kitchen and a trick from Mole, the four animals manage to sneak into Toad Hall and fight the weasels and their allies. Once the weasels and stoats and ferrets are driven out, Toad is to host a feast for all of his neighbors, to herald his return. He is discouraged from singing songs or making speeches during this, which at first disheartens the amphibian before he composes himself. Toad sings one song to himself and confidently attends the feast, becoming a humbler animal; he even makes up for his wrongdoings by seeking out and compensating those he had wronged. After this, he, Mole, Rat, and Badger live peacefully and happily ever after in the English countryside.