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

Mole, Ratty and Badger try to reform Toad…but 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…but 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…but 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…then 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

Resource Pack

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

Resource Pack

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

Resource Sheet 6

Play next

Mole and Ratty are returning home from a winter walk when Mole senses his old home nearby.

Episode 5. Dolce domum

Toad escapes from prison and hitches a ride on a steam train…but 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