Original subtitles

♪ The Wind in the Willows

♪ Sang softly to me

♪ Follow my voice

♪ Wherever it leads

♪ From mountains, through valleys

♪ To deep rolling seas

♪ Born on the wings of the breeze ♪

Winter strips the Wild Wood bare,

its icy wind whistling through bare branches.

Reeds stand stiff in frozen streams and ditches where little boats are moored.

The secret woodland paths disappear in deep drifts of cold, white snow.

Winter is a time for keeping warm and snug in cosy rooms

and being glad you've no need to stir outside.

Ratty, tucked away in his riverside home, slept a great deal,

retiring early and rising ate.

During his short day, he sometimes scribbled a little song

or did some small domestic job about the house.

Until the message came to his ears that wintertime was over.

Outside, Ratty could hear the riverbank Just beginning to be busy again.

Moorhens and dabchicks were venturing about.

A hedge sparrow sang in the willow free.

Somebody, perhaps an offer, had just slipped quietly upstream

trying not to disturb them.

And there was the unmistakable sound of his own old boat

rocking and creaking as the full, friendly river nuzzled against it.

The first voices of spring were here. Visiting friends could begin again,

hoping, of course, that they were not still asleep.

Mole slept even more

and took even longer to emerge from the cosy peacefulness of winter.

C-Come in!

Wh-Wh-Wh...?

Ahh.

Hello, old chap. Didn't wake you up, did I?

No, Ratty, ...I was awake.

Ratty, I... heard... a knocking.

That's right, old fellow. That was me. I just knocked at the door.

Not quite awake yet, eh? Can I come in?

Oh, yes, yes. Of course.

- Anything wrong, Mole? - N-No, it's just that I...

...heard something.

You listen, Ratty.

Can't hear a thing. I dare say you were dreaming.

No, no. It's just that I... heard something.

Next thing you know, you'll be telling us Mole End is haunted.

You don't want to stay here. Come out for a little stroll with me.

No, thank you, Ratty. It's a bit early in the year for me.

Just as you say. But thing are waking up along the riverbank.

I shall probably get the boat out tomorrow. See you in a day or two.

- Mm? - Bye, old chap.

Don't go to sleep again now.

Wh-Who's there?

Now then, who...?

Mole! My dear young friend, a little early, aren't you?

Sorry, Badger. I wanted your advice.

Advice? Certainly. Come in, come in.

Noises?

Noises you... can't quite account for.

Oh, THAT kind of noises.

- Get 'em all the time underground. - Oh.

Roots of trees move, you know.

- Very slowly. - Yes.

Makin' a sort of...

...scratchin' noise.

Mm-hm. Mmm, yes.

Then other animals burrow in and tap inadvertently against one's house.

- Ah. - They retire when they find it's occupied.

- Naturally. - And there are always the woodpeckers.

Tiresome creatures.

Tap-tap-tap-tap!

Ahh.

But what was the advice you were seekin', Mole?

Nothing, Badger, thank you.

It's really... It's not important.

Mmm.

But when Mole was back home,

he seemed to become aware once more of noises he couldn't account for.

Surely that wasn't a root?

And no burrowing animal made that noise.

And that was certainly not a woodpecker.

Ohh!

Ohh!

Wey-hey-hey!

Toady!

Hello, Mole, old chap! I say, what do you think of this, eh?

What is it?

It's the latest thing in sporting conveyances.

- It goes at 27 miles an hour! - Good heavens.

Jump in and we'll take a breeze up to the hall.

I asked Ratty, but he was awfully busy.

- I've something I'd like you to do for me. - Of course!

A little spin up to Badger's perhaps?

Vrrrm! Vrrrm! Vrrrm!

Brrrm! Eeee!

Brrrrrm!

Yes! We'll give him a surprise. Or an errand down to the rabbits?

- Well, no... - Watch their faces when they see us!

Eeeeee-yow!

- Toad, I want you to come in. - Brrrm! Brrrm!

Brrrm! Brrrm!

Eeeee-yow!

- What? - Inside, Toady. For a cup of tea.

And scones. And blackberry jam.

Oh, well, yes. I'll just let the engine cool down a trifle.

I'm so glad you dropped in, Toad. You always cheer me up.

The truth is, being alone here I've begun to imagine things.

Perfectly natural, my dear fellow. What kind of things?

Well... ghosts, actually.

Ghosts?!

Ghosts?

All nonsense, of course.

- Not necessarily. - Not...?

There's nothing I don't know about ghosts.

There are thousands of ghosts in Toad Hall.

- Are there? - Oh, any number of them.

All members of the family.

♪ In days of old when toads were bold And ancestors were great

♪ They used to pop off early At a most remarkable rate

♪ At Toad Hall, you know There are ghosts who just wouldn't go

♪ The ghouls and ghosts and spirits of toads from long, long ago

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Nothing frightens me

♪ There's a ghost in every bedroom Up the tower and in the hall

♪ Toad the Unlucky's occasionally seen Vanishing through the wall

♪ He has an invisible friend Who came to the same sticky end

♪ As the ghouls and ghosts and spirits of toads from long, long ago

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Nothing frightens me

♪ There's a skeleton in the cupboard In the room beneath the stairs

♪ And the ghost of Lady Mary Who might catch you unawares

♪ She creeps up by your bed And whispers, "Hello, I'm dead!"

♪ The ghouls and ghosts And spirits of toads from long, long ago

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Nothing frightens me

♪ There's a ghost who hoots at midnight

♪ There's one who hoots at six

♪ And toady bands with heads in hands Are bringing their horrible tricks

♪ They say they're all over the place And they've only got part of a face

♪ The ghouls and ghosts And spirits of toads from long, long ago

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Nothing frightens me

♪ Uncle Hector, he's the spectre On the dark and stormy nights

♪ He wails and moans and shakes his bones and blows out all the lights

♪ One hears the odd rattling of chains It's probably only the drains

♪ Ghouls and ghosts And spirits of toads from long, long ago

♪ The ghouls and ghosts And spirits of toads from long, long ago! ♪

Don't you ever get frightened of noises?

- Me?! Ho-ho! Never! - Oh, good.

Ah! What's that?

Oh, thank you for the tea, Moley. I mu-must be going now.

The car will be getting c-cold.

But you haven't had any...

...scones and jam.

Ooh.

Oo-ooh.

Silly.

All nonsense, of course.

No such thing as...

Oh, no!

A piece of plaster!

Ghosts don't throw pieces of plaster.

Anyway, I don't believe in g...g-ghosts.

For all his mildness and nervous disposition, once Mole made up his mind

he was a very determined animal.

Bother!

Oh, blow!

And now his determination was rewarded.

Hedgehog!

What are YOU doing there?

The hedgehog had woken up from a refreshing sleep

in a nest of dry leaves in a hollow free,

stirred about a bit, as one does when one first wakes up,

and tumbled down info the roofs of the tree above Mole's house

where he was firmly trapped.

I knocked and I knocked, but I couldn't make you hear.

Oh, what a fool I've been!

Ghosts, indeed!

Ghosts?

I-I-I can't quite reach you.

Oh!

What ghosts?

Don't worry, Hedgehog. There aren't any.

I'll go and get some help.

Hello, Mole! This is a windy night to be out walking. Come in!

Ratty, I'd like you to come out.

We need to rescue a hedgehog.

They will get into these scrapes. Shan't be a minute.

What do we need? Ropes? Block and tackle? Pick-axes?

There you are, old chap. Nothing worse than being trapped underground.

- Especially with ghosts. - Ghosts?

Well, yes, I'll have to explain about that, Ratty.

So there wasn't really any ghost at all?

No. But Toad says there are lots at Toad Hall.

Well, I've never seen one. I don't suppose Toad has, either.

♪ They say they're all over the place And they've only got part of a face

♪ The ghouls and ghosts And spirits of toads from long, long ago

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Woo-oo-oo

♪ Nothing frightens me... ♪

Oh.

Oh!

Waaah!

Aaah!

Ohhh.

Oh, Moley!

Ohh!

What's that?

Aaaah!

Waaah!

Aaaow!

Ooh.

Oh, Badger!

Waaah!

Nya-hah!

Ooh-hoo-hoo!

Wah!

Oh, yes...

Oooh, Ratty! Moley!

Badger!

♪ Spin me a dream

♪ Woven silver and gold

♪ From sunshine and shadows

♪ And days long ago

♪ Where people are memories

♪ And stories unfold

♪ Willows

♪ The tales you have told me

♪ Wind in the Willows

♪ You just seem to know

♪ Who you can tum to

♪ And which way to go

♪ To unwind your wondrous mind

♪ Wind in the Willows

♪ Take me there ♪