Match the words to the sentences:
allowance, borrow, chambers, Crown, defense, door, escape, motorcar, stop, witness |
Toad: Ohahaha
Rat: Get him, Mole!
Mole: Come down, Toady.
Toad: Stop it! Let me go! Giddy up, Cyril! Giddy up! It's no use. You'll never get me to give this up! Wee! Tally-ho! Yikes!
Cyril: Hey, look!
Toad: Gad! What is it?
Cyril: Lummy, governor, it's a motorcar.
Toad: Motorcar? A motorcar. Gad! What have I been missing?
Mole: Ratty, it isn't. He hasn't.
Rat: It is, and he has. A new mania. Motor mania.
Narrator: Mania. That’s it. That's what it was—a positive mania. No telling where it would end either. Might linger for months. And with Toad Hall at stake, well, Rat and Mole had no choice. There was only one thing to do. Lock the poor chap up in his (1)_____________ and keep him there until the poison worked out of his system.
Rat: Hold him, Moley!
Mole: That's better.
Rat: And you can't (2)_____________ you know. Simply no use trying.
Toad: Let me out of here! Open up! Open up, I say! Please! Ratty! Moley! Open the (3)_____________!
Narrator: Now of course playing jailer to one's dearest friend wasn't exactly a pleasant situation. In fact, Moley weakened right at the start and wanted to call it quits. But Ratty said no, definitely not, this time they must be firm. After all, it wasn't just a matter of saving Toad from himself. There was MacBadger to consider, and Toad Hall and all that it stood for. Now there was only one thing wrong with Ratty's cure for Toad’s motor mania. It didn't work. You see, Toad was far too clever. And, at the moment, completely mad. He was determined to get a motorcar, even if he had to beg, (4)_____________ or—.
Newspaper Sellers: Toad arrested! Extra!
Court Clerk: (super fast) His gracious Majesty court of assizes, Majesty versus Thaddeus Toad, Toad Hall, Riverbank, Doodle-Bunton-Maxon-Morton, Surrey. 24th day of August set forth in the following brief. Ahem. Ahem. Accused is J. Thaddeus Toad, of stealing a motorcar, and driving said stolen vehicle in a reckless manner on a public highroad with the endangerment of sundry subjects of His Majesty, their life and limbs.
Judge: Counsel for the (5)_____________, proceed with the case.
Prosecutor: My lord, I call, as first Crown witnesses, Mister Rat and Mister Mole! Is it true that you had the accused locked in his own house because he had threatened to get a (6)_____________? Did you, or did you not, have him locked up?
Rat: We did.
Prosecutor: Thank you! That is all!
Judge: Next (7)_____________.
Court Clerk: Mister Angus MacBadger!
Prosecutor: As trustee of the Toad estate, you knew of the prisoner's mania for motorcars?
MacBadger: Well, I, uh...
Prosecutor: And due to his reckless extravagance, you cut off his (8)_____________?
MacBadger: Well, uh…
Prosecutor: That he was, to the best of your knowledge, without funds?
Macbadger: Well, uh...
Prosecutor: That is all! Thank you! Gentlemen of the jury, the Crown rests.
Judge: Counsel for the (9)_____________ will present his case.
Toad: My lord, with the court's indulgence, I rise prepared to plead my own defense.
Rat: Moley! Moley, (10)_____________ it!
Toad: Gentlemen of the jury I call, as my first witness, Cyril Proudbottom.
Court Clerk: Cyril Proudbottom.
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money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing_______________
someone in a court of law who says what they have seen and what they know about a crime_______________
the lawyers in a court who work in support of the person who is accused of a crime._______________
used to refer to the power or government of a king or queen._______________
to use something that belongs to someone else and give it back later_______________
to stop providing something such as electricity or food supplies_______________
to stop paying an allowance to someone_______________
to ask someone for food or money, because you do not have any_______________
to secretly take something that does not belong to you, without intending to return it_______________
An English expression meaning: “ to do whatever is necessary to get something”_______________
Answers:
Toad: Ohahaha
Rat: Get him, Mole!
Mole: Come down, Toady.
Toad: Stop it! Let me go! Giddy up, Cyril! Giddy up! It's no use. You'll never get me to give this up! Wee! Tally-ho! Yikes!
Cyril: Hey, look!
Toad: Gad! What is it?
Cyril: Lummy, governor, it's a motorcar.
Toad: Motorcar? A motorcar. Gad! What have I been missing?
Mole: Ratty, it isn't. He hasn't.
Rat: It is, and he has. A new mania. Motor mania.
Narrator: Mania. That’s it. That's what it was—a positive mania. No telling where it would end either. Might linger for months. And with Toad Hall at stake, well, Rat and Mole had no choice. There was only one thing to do. Lock the poor chap up in his (1)chambers and keep him there until the poison worked out of his system.
Rat: Hold him, Moley!
Mole: That's better.
Rat: And you can't (2)escape you know. Simply no use trying.
Toad: Let me out of here! Open up! Open up, I say! Please! Ratty! Moley! Open the (3)door!
Narrator: Now of course playing jailer to one's dearest friend wasn't exactly a pleasant situation. In fact, Moley weakened right at the start and wanted to call it quits. But Ratty said no, definitely not, this time they must be firm. After all, it wasn't just a matter of saving Toad from himself. There was MacBadger to consider, and Toad Hall and all that it stood for. Now there was only one thing wrong with Ratty's cure for Toad’s motor mania. It didn't work. You see, Toad was far too clever. And, at the moment, completely mad. He was determined to get a motorcar, even if he had to beg, (4)borrow or—.
Newspaper Sellers: Toad arrested! Extra!
Court Clerk: (super fast) His gracious Majesty court of assizes, Majesty versus Thaddeus Toad, Toad Hall, Riverbank, Doodle-Bunton-Maxon-Morton, Surrey. 24th day of August set forth in the following brief. Ahem. Ahem. Accused is J. Thaddeus Toad, of stealing a motorcar, and driving said stolen vehicle in a reckless manner on a public highroad with the endangerment of sundry subjects of His Majesty, their life and limbs.
Judge: Counsel for the (5)Crown, proceed with the case.
Prosecutor: My lord, I call, as first Crown witnesses, Mister Rat and Mister Mole! Is it true that you had the accused locked in his own house because he had threatened to get a (6)motorcar? Did you, or did you not, have him locked up?
Rat: We did.
Prosecutor: Thank you! That is all!
Judge: Next (7)witness.
Court Clerk: Mister Angus MacBadger!
Prosecutor: As trustee of the Toad estate, you knew of the prisoner's mania for motorcars?
MacBadger: Well, I, uh...
Prosecutor: And due to his reckless extravagance, you cut off his (8)allowance?
MacBadger: Well, uh…
Prosecutor: That he was, to the best of your knowledge, without funds?
Macbadger: Well, uh...
Prosecutor: That is all! Thank you! Gentlemen of the jury, the Crown rests.
Judge: Counsel for the (9)defense will present his case.
Toad: My lord, with the court's indulgence, I rise prepared to plead my own defense.
Rat: Moley! Moley, (10)Stop it!
Toad: Gentlemen of the jury I call, as my first witness, Cyril Proudbottom.
Court Clerk: Cyril Proudbottom.