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English KS2: The Wind in the Willows. 6: Mr Toad

Mole, Ratty and Badger try to reform Toad鈥ut Toad escapes and he sets off on his extraordinary adventures.

6: Mr Toad - synopsis

Mr Badger presents himself at the River Bank and announces the hour has come to take Toad in hand. The three friends march to Toad Hall鈥ut discover an unrepentent Toad is unwilling to give up his love of fast cars.

Consequently the friends imprison Toad in his own home until such time as he sees sense鈥ut the cunning Toad finds a way to escape by exploiting the good nature of his captors.

Toad is enjoying himself at the local inn when a car pulls up outside. 'As if in a dream' Toad finds himself first seated in the driver's seat鈥hen speeding recklessly along the open road. But Toad is caught and finds himself 'a helpless prisoner in the remotest dungeon of the best-guarded keep of the stoutest castle' in England.

Resources

Includes guidance, worksheets and follow-up activities - suitable for home and school

Resource Pack
Episode 6 script to download / print

Download / print an activity sheet about the outcome of Toad's capture (pdf)

Resource Sheet 6

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Episode 5. Dolce domum

Toad escapes from prison and hitches a ride on a steam train鈥ut the police are after him.

7. Toad's adventures

More adventures for Toad as he continues to elude to the police by taking a lift on a river barge - still dressed as a washerwoman.

8. The further adventures of Toad