1 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,838 ♪ The Wind in the Willows 2 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,590 ♪ Sang softly to me 3 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,394 ♪ Follow my voice 4 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,195 ♪ Wherever it leads 5 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,199 ♪ From mountains, through valleys 6 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:36,474 ♪ To deep rolling seas 7 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:42,471 ♪ Born on the wings of the breeze ♪ 8 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,874 The midsummer day had been fiercely hot since sunrise. 9 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,790 What everybody looked for at such a time was a cool, shady spot by the river, 10 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,915 but such places were hard to find and many were closely-kept secrets. 11 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,238 So somewhere in the undergrowth, the deer would be lying silently, 12 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,957 waiting for the cool of night time, but no one knew quite where. 13 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,677 The birds were mostly out of sight, quiet down among the reeds 14 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,394 or under their tree-fop canopy. 15 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,514 And the loudest sound was the hum and buzz and drone of insects 16 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,234 who were too busy to mind the heat. 17 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,957 In the wafer, too, beneath the shade of an overhanging willow, 18 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:45,677 there were cool, dark hollows and hidden places for pike to lurk. 19 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,475 But for animals who were not natural river folk, 20 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,194 especially those who lived underground, 21 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,712 this kind of sweltering day was the height of discomfort. 22 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:02,630 Mole tried to cool his inside with ginger beer and his outside with a wet flannel, 23 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,354 but neither made much difference. 24 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:10,077 The sun was beginning to set now, but it was still too hot to go indoors, 25 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,194 80 he lay by the riverbank and thought about Mole End 26 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,917 and how moist and shady it would be in his underground garden. 27 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:25,514 Rat and Offer had been fishing all afternoon and caught nothing. 28 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:28,234 Portly sometimes found it a little dull. 29 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,994 Don't go too far, Portly! 30 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:37,232 Well, I suppose I should be getting back soon. 31 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:42,150 - Mole will wonder what happened to me. - Yes. I promised not to be too late. 32 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,073 Portly? 33 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,078 Portly? 34 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,277 Mmm. Blessed coolness. 35 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,274 I suppose we should think about getting something to eat. 36 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,395 - How about some ginger beer first? - Dear old fellow, what a good idea. 37 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,558 Oh, that's odd. Here comes Otter. 38 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,992 Don't say I've accidentally taken his fishing tackle. 39 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,509 Rat... Mole... 40 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,511 - Is Portly here? - Portly? 41 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:34,316 I can't find him. I thought he might have wandered here. 42 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,558 I haven't seen him. I have been dozing. 43 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:42,675 If Portly had come here, he'd have woken me. He's so fond of ginger beer. 44 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,791 Yes. Yes, he is. 45 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:49,073 Oh, he may have wandered inland. I'll ask around. 46 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,990 I hope Portly's all right. His father thinks the world of him. 47 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:59,911 Oh, Ratty, I'm sure he is. He's always straying off, getting lost, then turning up. 48 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,271 No harm ever happens to him. 49 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,236 - Oh, what's that? - Quick, Mole! Hide! 50 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,159 Out of the way! Anywhere! Here! 51 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,676 - What was it, Rat? - I've only heard it once. An otter hunt. 52 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,397 You mean... they want to... to harm otters? 53 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,718 - Otter will be all right. He knows. - But Portly...! 54 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:58,079 I suppose we should go inside and eat. 55 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:02,398 - Yes. I'm not really hungry. - Nor am I, old fellow. 56 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,353 Not till I know little Portly is safe. 57 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:10,236 Look here, shall I just go along to Otter's place and see if...? 58 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,954 I can't find Portly anywhere! 59 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,039 My friends, we all know why we're here. 60 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:25,552 - To find young Portly. - Excellent little fellow, Portly. 61 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,675 So friendly and adventurous. Always happy to drop in for ginger beer. 62 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,430 Everybody about here knows and likes young Portly. 63 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:39,760 Just as they do his father. Excellent fellow, Otter. Very respectable. 64 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,791 Our best hope, 65 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,116 if the little fella is... 66 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,231 is still... 67 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:51,957 Our best hope is that if he has just wandered away and got lost, 68 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,869 some animal will come across him and bring him home. 69 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,391 At least no one around here would harm him. 70 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,114 Toad, you have a map? 71 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,834 Hm? Oh, yes. Yes, of course. 72 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,633 Ah! Here we are. 73 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,751 Um, just... 74 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,678 And, eh... 75 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,598 Oh... 76 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,071 Just a moment... 77 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,074 Oh. Ah. It's upside down. 78 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,636 Now, er, I... There. 79 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,996 Portly was last seen here. 80 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,511 If he escaped, if he was not... 81 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,517 he could be anywhere from here to here. 82 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:48,430 I suggest that the four of us cover this area, asking all the animals we meet 83 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,949 whether they've seen the child. 84 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:56,678 - If I take the boat up river... - I'll drive my car along the road... 85 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,519 No, Toad! You will walk. 86 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:04,635 - DOWN river. - I'd cover more ground in my motor car. 87 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,755 That may be, but you can't question many animals when you're in a ditch! 88 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,633 - Oh, I say! - Anything for Portly. 89 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,799 What? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I still think... 90 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,116 That's settled, then. 91 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,234 Mole, you will cover the area round Mole End 92 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,954 and I myself will search the Wild Wood. 93 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,119 The Wild Wood? That'd take days. 94 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:35,189 - W-Would you like me to, um...? - Better not, Moley. 95 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,516 No, thank you, Mole. 96 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,032 It is a large area, but I must just do the best I can. 97 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,869 Hello, Mr Badger. Wot's this? Council of war? 98 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:51,678 - I say, what are you doing here? - The front door was open. 99 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,839 We, er, heard you was looking for young Portly. 100 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,555 - Well, what of it? - Shut up, Toady. 101 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,469 Nice little chap, that Portly. No side about him. 102 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:09,390 Often used to pop up in the woods. I've got a nipper myself. 103 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,514 Him and young Portly used to have a game together. 104 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,554 You'd never think he was... well, one of the nobs. 105 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,674 So if we can do anything to help, I just thought... 106 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,992 You think we'd accept help from weasels?! 107 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,111 Silence, Toad! 108 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:33,030 Besides, you done me a favour once and I said I'd pay you back. 109 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:37,552 If you, well... That is to say, if... 110 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:41,674 We shall be honoured to accept your assistance. 111 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,677 So from riverbank to the Wild Wood, the search for Portly continued 112 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,791 as darkness fell. 113 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,075 But when, at last, the searchers returned, it was night. 114 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,272 And Portly had not been found. 115 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:08,757 - Otter? - No sign of him. 116 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:13,670 He hasn't come home and... I've asked everyone I can think of. 117 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:16,876 Oh, dear old Otter. 118 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,992 Have a hot drink and a sandwich. 119 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,919 There are some sardine ones there. 120 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,034 I'm going back to that place where we were this afternoon, Rat. 121 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,312 It's where I taught him to swim. 122 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,159 He loves that spot. If... 123 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,151 If he comes back, 124 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,271 that's where he'll be. 125 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,359 - But, Otter, my dear chap... - I think I'll wait there tonight. 126 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,872 On the chance, you know. Just on the chance. 127 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,152 There is nothing more we can do tonight. 128 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:58,274 - You weasels have done nobly. - Thank you, Mr Badger. 129 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,835 We shall start again at first light. 130 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,918 You fellas had better get some sleep. 131 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,429 I might catch 40 winks myself. 132 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:12,269 Badger, we can't just go to bed while Portly... 133 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,712 If he is still alive... which I very much doubt. 134 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:20,629 - I say, Badger! - Badger, don't say that! 135 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,754 If he was frightened by the hunt and just ran away and got lost, 136 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:29,033 he'll be tired out by now and curled up to sleep. 137 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,754 We'll resume the search in the morning. 138 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:40,990 Rat, I simply can't tun in and go to sleep and do nothing. 139 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,717 - Even though there's nothing to be done. - Just what I was thinking myself. 140 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:50,038 - Why don't we get the boat out? - Ratty, could we? 141 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:55,155 We can search as well as we can. It'll be better than going to bed and doing nothing. 142 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,635 Oh, yes! So it will! 143 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:02,550 Not the sort of night for bed, anyway. And dawn is not so very far off. 144 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:16,555 Wait, Rat! Look there! That dark shape in the culvert. 145 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:20,469 No. Just a piece of driftwood. 146 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,472 There's a backwater there, Rat. Shall we try up there? 147 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,398 Portly? 148 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,398 Portly? 149 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,160 Portly! 150 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,278 Portly! 151 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,272 Po-ortly! 152 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,838 Portly... 153 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,674 I didn't know there was an island here. 154 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,996 No, we never come here. 155 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,839 I don't quite know why. 156 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:14,951 How still it is. 157 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:20,473 And yet the dawn is almost here. You'd think the birds would start to sing. 158 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,991 - Ssh! Did you hear something? - Only the wind. 159 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,509 No, it was something else. 160 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,714 There. Surely you can hear it now. 161 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,036 Mole listened intently. 162 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:45,830 And the music began to come to him, faintly on the breeze. 163 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,469 I can hear it now, Ratty. 164 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,591 Follow it. 165 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,480 We must follow it! 166 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:37,875 And then a voice, too. A voice that began to whisper on the wind. 167 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:43,393 'Lest the oar should dwell And turn your frolic to fret 168 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,559 "You shall look on my power At the helping hour 169 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:50,274 'But then you shall forget. 170 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,755 'Forget... forget... forget... 171 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,871 'Forget... forget...' 172 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,475 Ratty? I'm afraid. 173 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,114 No, not afraid. 174 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,112 Something else, but... not afraid. 175 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,231 Come on. 176 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:13,958 'Lest limbs be reddened and rent, I spring the trap that is set. 177 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,557 'As I loose the snare, you may glimpse me there. 178 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:24,675 'But then you shall forget... 179 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,394 'Forget... forget...' 180 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,272 - What does it mean? - I don't know. 181 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,271 'Helper and healer, 182 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,995 'I cheer small waifs in the woodland wet. 183 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,589 'Strays I find in it, 184 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,314 'wounds I bind in it. 185 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,880 "Bidding them then to forget. 186 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,640 'Forget... forget... 187 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,958 'Forget... forget... forget...' 188 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:26,960 - What was it? - I don't know. It just felt... meant for us. 189 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:32,231 I've heard that there's something or someone 190 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,954 who looks after animals in trouble. 191 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,600 Why, Mole... 192 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,711 There's Portly! 193 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,471 Just lying! 194 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,194 Just lying beneath that old statue. 195 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:51,314 Safe and sound, as if he were in his father's arms. 196 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,592 - Well, did you ever? - Portly... 197 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,712 Wake up, young fella, my lad. 198 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,036 Oh... Mr Rat! 199 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,071 Hello, Mr Mole. 200 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,674 - Where is he? - Who? 201 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,791 I got lost. 202 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:15,118 And there was a great noise and I was afraid. 203 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,629 And I ran away and... 204 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,558 And... 205 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,877 And... and then HE came. 206 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,592 Oh, you've been dreaming, old chap. 207 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,313 But... 208 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:39,435 - Where is he? - Come on. You want to see your father. 209 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,154 And you'd like a row in Mr Rat's boat. 210 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,071 Well, yes. 211 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,469 - Are we going now? - This very minute. 212 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,878 Otter! 213 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,957 Otter! 214 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,833 Dad! Dad! 215 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,113 Portly! Portly! Where have you been? 216 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,709 - Portly! - Dad! 217 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,638 Portly! 218 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,558 Portly! 219 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:25,876 Portly, where have you been?! 220 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,798 Portly! 221 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:35,514 - Was it a dream, Rat? - It was like a dream and yet... not quite. 222 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,836 I feel dreadfully tired. 223 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,078 No... 224 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,191 Not dreadfully. 225 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:49,077 Pleasantly tired, as though good things have happened and now it's time to sleep. 226 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,191 How odd, Mole. 227 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,311 I feel as you do. 228 00:17:55,880 --> 00:18:00,477 Isn't it jolly to feel the sun again, soaking into one's bones? 229 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,038 And the wind, playing in the reeds? 230 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,471 It's like music. 231 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,591 Faraway music. 232 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:23,077 So they slept, for this was the last gift he could give them. 233 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,589 The gift of forgetfulness. 234 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:30,510 When they awoke, they would all be happy and light-hearted as before, 235 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:35,430 just as though they had never seen the piper at the gates of dawn. 236 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:40,350 And as though his voice had only been the wind in the willows. 237 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,190 ♪ Spin me a dream 238 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:57,279 ♪ Woven silver and gold 239 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,392 ♪ From sunshine and shadows 240 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,558 ♪ And days long ago 241 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,116 ♪ Where people are memories 242 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:12,076 ♪ And stories unfold 243 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:13,998 ♪ Willows 244 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:18,830 ♪ The tales you have told me 245 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,713 ♪ Wind in the Willows 246 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,470 ♪ You just seem to know 247 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,638 ♪ Who you can tum to 248 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,320 ♪ And which way to go 249 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:37,072 ♪ To unwind your wondrous mind 250 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,996 ♪ Wind in the Willows 251 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:44,158 ♪ Take me there ♪