The Wind in the Willows

Sinopse

Fed up with spring cleaning, Mole (Richard Pearson (actor)) ventures out of his underground home. He goes for a walk in the countryside and soon comes to a river where he meets and befriends Ratty (Ian Carmichael) (who lives there). Rat takes Mole on a picnic where they notice Badger (Michael Hordern) (who appears behind the bushes) and ask him to join them, but he just mutters "Hmmm! Company!" and walks off home (though he still is their friend). Rat starts to warn Mole of the Wild Wood and its inhabitants, but they are interrupted by the arrival of the Chief Weasel (David Jason) and his henchman. While the Chief distracts them, his henchman steals a jar of potted meat and they make their getaway. Ratty then takes Mole to visit Toad (also voiced by David Jason) at Toad Hall. Toad invites them to join him on a caravan trip along the Open Road, with his horse Alfred pulling the caravan. On the group's first camp out for the night, Ratty misses his home on the river but does not want to disappoint his friends. The following day, disaster strikes as a passing motorcar spooks Alfred and sends the caravan into a ditch. Toad suddenly decides motor cars are the only way to travel. Rat and Mole can do nothing but look on as Toad buys and then almost immediately crashes his cars one after another. By winter, Rat and Mole decide to call on Badger to see if he can curb Toad's enthusiasm for dangerous driving. Before they can leave, Rat falls asleep.