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♪ 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 ♪

No one could pretend that Mole End

was exactly fashionable.

Mole wasn't rich like Toad.

Or artistic like Rat.

Or of ancient lineage like Badger.

But he had made his little house himself

to suit his tastes and he was fond of it.

Sometimes Ratty came for tea

when he was persuaded to leave his beloved river.

Toad popped in occasionally to boast and play skittles.

Mole wasn't so keen after Toad

knocked the nose off Queen Victoria's statue!

Even Badger sometimes dropped in

to drink a glass of home-brewed ale.

But visitors never came from outside their little world.

That is until...

Oh, my! Oh, my!

I must tell Ratty.

As soon as Mole approached Ratty's house,

it was obvious that he was not alone.

I've never been one to shirk my duties.

Especially when you're enjoying yourself.

Wealth has its duties as well as its privileges.

One tries to elevate the tone...

- Cup of tea, Toad? - Tea? Why not, dear Rat?

Soon it will be caviar, champagne, but now...

- Ratty! - Oh, there's Mole!

Oh, Mole.

Yes, excellent fellow, Mole. In his way.

Hello, Ratty! Toad!

I'm glad you're here. Such news, Ratty!

Come in, old fellow. Care for a cup of tea?

Yes, please. I didn't have any breakfast. I got this letter.

Ah, Mole, just in time to hear my news.

I have some news too, Toady. You see, I have this letter...

Don't get many of those, I daresay.

My correspondence

extends throughout the crowned heads of Europe.

- Here's your tea, Mole. - Thank you, Ratty.

Yes, I've had a letter from my cousin.

Ratty, he's coming to stay with me!

I say, Mole, that'll be jolly for you.

Yes, very interesting,

but, Mole, you haven't heard my news yet!

- Sugar, Toad? - What? Oh, yes.

What sort of chap is your cousin, Mole?

I've never actually met him,

but I daresay he likes the same things as I do.

I thought you'd show my cousin the river.

We might even have a picnic.

I'm sure he'd like to visit Toad Hall.

Dear Mole, any relative of yours,

however humble, must always be welcome,

but an important social event is about to occur.

I am giving a literary soiree.

And I have just heard

that the distinguished poet, Auberon Mole,

has promised to attend.

- Oh, yes, that's my cousin. - Hmm?

Auberon Mole is your cousin?

No, Ratty, of course not.

Auberon Mole is a famous literary figure.

Mole's cousin is someone else.

I daresay he is, Toady, but his name is Auberon.

- I say, Mole, are you sure? - Here.

That's quite right. So it is.

But He's a famous literary figure.

I was astonished when he agreed to come to our soiree.

Naturally, I suggested that he should stay at Toad Hall.

He can't possibly stay at Mole End.

- Oh. - What rot! Of course he can!

Mole End is a very jolly little place.

Just needs furbishing up a trifle.

No difficulty with that, eh, Moley?

Oh, no, I suppose not.

That's right, Toad. Put it down there to hide the garden roller.

But I use it every day. Rabbits come in and make footprints.

I like the place to be tidy.

But you don't want to look as if you do it yourself!

Why not hire a weasel for an hour every day to lean on it?

That's what my gardeners do.

We really ought to hide the skittles.

Not the thing at all for a gentleman's house!

We might borrow one of Badger's cricket bats,

prop it up outside.

- But... - Splendid!

Nothing like a Latin quotation or two, my young friend.

When occasion arises,

just take one of these books out of your bookshelves,

leaf through it and...

Oh!

Ah! Dear me!

We ought to do something about this furniture.

I...

I'm not sure that quite fits with the rest of my furniture.

I should hope not, Mole. That's Chippendale.

Well, I think it's Chippendale. It might be Louis XVIII.

You'll dine at home the first evening, I dare say.

- Dine? - Don't worry, Mole.

I'll send the food around.

There'll be caviar, chateaubriand, champagne.

Yes, but...

And of course, you'll change for dinner.

- Change? - Ah, no dinner jacket. Toad...

Certainly, my dear fellow. Only too happy to oblige.

Ah, um...

Splendid, Moley. That's splendid.

If only we had time to get it to my tailor, but...

Oh, elegant, Mole.

Very elegant.

Always prefer a smoking jacket myself, but...

No doubt Mole's cousin will

♪ You've got to have a little bit of style

♪ If you leave it all to us you'll be really quite beguiling

♪ Casually quote a Greek or Latin phrase

♪ Or something from the tragic plays of Shakespeare

♪ You've got to have a little bit of style...

♪ You've got to have a little bit of style

♪ That's the thing that always knocks them in the aisle

♪ Just be scintillating, debonair and chic

♪ And I can give you hints on after-dinner speaking

♪ Then you'll have a little bit of style...

♪ You've got to have a little bit of style

♪ If one is not too gifted, it's terribly worthwhile

♪ To know about antiques and objets d'art

♪ Maybe drop in little gems like Eton and Harrow

♪ To show you've got a little bit of style...

♪ To show you've got a little bit of style

♪ You've got to have a little bit of style

♪ It'll help you through

♪ Those really rather terribly vile occasions

♪ When everyone's acting affable and suave

♪ And polishing off the champers and the grub by the magnum

♪ Then you need a little bit of style...

♪ You've got to have a little bit of style

♪ High society people stand out by a mile

♪ Cos they're fashionable, elegant and astute

♪ Though a slightly pinching waist

♪ Is causing acute discomfort

♪ You've got to have a little bit of style

♪ You've got to have a little bit of...

♪ You've got to have a little bit of...

♪ Style

- No! - Hmm?

No.

I don't care what he... expects.

If he... If he won't...

take me as I am, he can... he can...

- Oh. - Oh.

He can...

He can go away!

- Hmm. - Oh.

Find yourself a room in the village

and call for orders tomorrow morning.

Yes, sir.

Cousin Auberon?

Oh, cousin, so good of you to let me invite myself to stay!

Not at all.

Do come in.

- So this is Mole End? - Yes, It is.

Ah!

I expect you'd like to see your room.

I'm afraid it's rather small.

I wrote a poem called "The Spare Room".

Oh.

Oh, my! Oh, Ratty! Oh, Badger! Oh, Toad!

Should I dress for dinner?

I thought if you were having guests for dinner...

No. No guests... And I don't usually have dinner.

- Just high tea. - Ah!

Muffins and poached eggs.

- Just what I fancy. - Really?

- And just the two of us? - Yes.

- Splendid. - Oh!

If you only knew how tired I am

of high society and literary figures and all that stuff!

I don't mean to do anything while I'm here,

except to enjoy a little simple comfort and some family gossip.

Did you know about Uncle Ethelbert?

Oh, yes, he was the black mole of the family.

I should say "the white mole".

He gambled.

And what's worse, he always won!

Ha ha ha!

Heh heh heh!

Did you say something about a cup of tea?

♪ Feet up by the fireside

♪ Soft and easy chairs

♪ An old friend passing by

♪ Tea and cakes and gingerbread

♪ And warming by the fire

♪ Ember-toasted muffins by the mile

♪ This is my home

♪ Not much

♪ But all I own

♪ I know it even better than the fish know the sea

♪ And it knows everything about me...

♪ Gentle conversation of the comfortable kind

♪ You couldn't ask for more... ♪

- Remember... - Well, I never!

How's old...? Did he...? No!

♪ There's a lot we should be very thankful for...

♪ This is my home

♪ Not much

♪ But all I own

♪ I know it even better than the fish know the sea

♪ And it knows everything about me

♪ Outside it could be thundering

♪ Or ankle-deep in snow

♪ Rain helter-peltering

♪ We won't know... ♪

- Where was I? - Did I tell you?

- Oh, no! - How big?

♪ I'm sure I wouldn't know him any more

♪ This is my home

♪ Not much

♪ But all I own

♪ I know it even better than the fish know the sea

♪ And it knows everything about me

♪ This is my home

♪ Not much

♪ But all I own

♪ I know it even better than the fish know the sea

♪ And it knows everything about me ♪

I've always wanted to play skittles.

Fancy, I nearly beat you that time!

I don't keep a fine cellar like Badger and Toad.

- But home-brewed ale? - Most refreshing.

What a treat!

We don't have to go to that literary soiree tomorrow, do we?

You ought to go. Toad will be so disappointed if you don't.

'Oh, very well. Just to please you.'

Ahem! Oh!

Wait for us here, if you please. We shan't be long.

Yes, sir.

- Oh! - How do you do?

Mr Toad, isn't it?

What a charming little place you have here!

It reminds me of the Duke of Pilling's

summer house at Little Bending.

- Summer house? - You know my cousin, of course.

When I received your obliging invitation,

I was going to refuse.

Oh.

Such oppressive engagements, so fatiguing.

But I realised it would allow me to visit Mole End

and to get to know my cousin.

My father always said that he was the best of the lot of us.

Mole?

Quite right. So he is, the best of the lot of us.

Oh, Ratty!

An honour and a privilege, sir, to welcome you here.

Not least because you are related to our friend.

What?

Oh, yes, quite so, Rat. Absolutely, Badger.

You took the very words out of my mouth.

Pray, come inside, sir.

Your audience awaits you

and, of course, we have reserved a place of honour

for our dear friend, Mole.

Wait. I...

What...

Dear cousin, I can't thank you enough.

I feel a different mole.

You must come and stay with me in Twickenham.

That's very kind, but I don't go out into society.

You don't need to, dear cousin.

You have your own little circle of society here.

- Can I come back again one day? - Any time, of course.

Perhaps Ratty would take me on the river.

I'm sure he would.

Goodbye, cousin Auberon.

Goodbye.

Bye!

Er, hello, Mole.

Just wondered if you might care for a little game of skittles?

♪ 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 ♪