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ILLUSTRATED STORY · FOUR READING LEVELS

The Wind in the Willows · Part 2 of 3

Toad’s Adventures

Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad find adventure and friendship along the river.

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Rat helps Mole return to his old home and share supper with field mice

Toad’s Adventures

On a winter walk with Rat, Mole smelled his old underground home and longed to see it again.

Rat noticed his sadness and turned back with him.

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Animal constables lead Toad toward prison while his friends watch anxiously.

Toad’s Adventures

After winter, Badger, Rat and Mole tried to stop Toad crashing motorcars; he promised to stop, but stole another car and was sent to prison.

They wanted to keep their friend safe and help him change his ways.

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Toad is taken to prison after stealing another motorcar

Toad’s Adventures

Toad sat in prison for taking a motorcar and missed his home while Rat, Mole and Badger worried about him.

He had not kept his promise to stop driving.

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About this retelling

Explore this illustrated story at four reading levels. Each level follows the same essential events.

Collection: Chapter books

Retelling: The Wind in the Willows · Part 2 of 3

For parents: After Grahame’s 1908 novel, retaining Mole and Rat’s river friendship, Toad’s reckless motoring and imprisonment, and the recovery of Toad Hall.

Public-domain source: View the recorded source edition