The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad part 1.docx

Match the words to the sentences:

book, friends, Postman, silence, tea

song: Ichabod, and Mr Toad, Ichabod, Ichabod and Mister Toad...Ichabod, Ichabod, Ichabod and Mister Toad

Narrator: If you were asked to choose the most fabulous character in English literature, who would it be? Robin Hood? King Arthur? Becky Sharp? Sherlock Holmes? Oliver Twist, perhaps? Well any one of them would be an excellent choice. Still, for the most fabulous character of all, I would nominate a toad: J Thaddeus Toad, Esquire. Have you never met him? You'll find his story in this delightful little (1)___________ "The Wind in the Willows". Toad, you might say, was the one disturbing element. Incurable adventurer, mad, reckless, tried everything. A positive mania for fads, and he never counted the cost. He had a host of fair-weather friends, of course. But there were only three who had his best interests at heart. One was a badger. MacBadger. And then there was a water rat. A bit stuffy, perhaps, but really a fine fellow. And a…a mole. A gentle creature, kind and sympathetic. They all made their homes in a quaint little community along a riverbank. Now on that particular day, Mole was in a hurry because... oh, yes of course, because he was late for (2)___________. A regrettable habit. Still, Rat had more or less learned to put up with it. And so, as usual:

“Sorry Rat,” says Mole.

“Quite alright,” says Rat.

“Two lumps if you please,” says Mole.

And then, just as they were getting comfortably settled...

Rat: Hello?

Postman: Special Delivery, Mister Rat.

Rat: Thank you, (3)___________.

Postman: How's everything on the river today, sir?

Rat: Dashed quiet, as usual, thank you. Hmmm. Mole, listen to this: Dear Rat, You and Mole must come to Toad Hall at once. Urgent!! A. MacBadger.

Narrator: Now Rat was certain Toad was making trouble again. Well, the answer to that lay just around the bend at Toad Hall, the ancestral home of J Thaddeus himself. This impressive structure, by the way, was by all odds the finest home on the river. The animals were tremendously proud of it. They felt it gave the whole community an air of, uh, respectability. To lose Toad Hall was, of course, unthinkable, and yet it was no secret that Toad's costly follies had brought him to the brink of bankruptcy. So as a last resort, MacBadger had volunteered to take over and put Toad's house in order.

MacBadger: Smashed fence. Two guineas. Damage, lamp post. Four pound six. Destruction of hen house. Um…Ach! How can a man figure with all this hubbub?

Crowd: I'll not be put off!

MacBadger: Silence!

Crowd: Pay my bill! I want my money!

MacBadger: (4) ___________! You'll get your money in due course. Now, go along with you. I'll pay no more today. Why did I ever assume the responsibility of looking after—Ach! Didn't I tell you—? Ah, ah, it's you, Rat. And Mole, too. Thank goodness, lads. You've come at last.

Narrator: Poor MacBadger. He'd reached the end of his rope. For, as he said himself…

MacBadger: I'm practically a nervous wreck.

Rat: I say MacBadger! What seems to be the trouble?

MacBadger: Something’s got to be done about Toad! This time he's gone too far!

Mole: But he promised us—.

MacBadger: Promises? Ha! What good are his promises when these wild manias take him? Now look, you're his closest friends, are you not?

Rat: Yes.

Mole: Very dear (5)___________.

MacBadger: Then lads, you got to find Toad and stop him!

Rat: What's he doing?

MacBadger: He's got a new mania. He's rampaging about the county in a canary-yellow gypsy cart. With a horse named Cyril.

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Answers:

song: Ichabod,and Mr Toad, Ichabod, Ichabod and Mister Toad...Ichabod, Ichabod, Ichabod and Mister Toad

Narrator: If you were asked to choose the most fabulous character in English literature, who would it be? Robin Hood? King Arthur? Becky Sharp? Sherlock Holmes? Oliver Twist, perhaps? Well any one of them would be an excellent choice. Still, for the most fabulous character of all, I would nominate a toad: J Thaddeus Toad, Esquire. Have you never met him? You'll find his story in this delightful little (1)book "The Wind in the Willows". Toad, you might say, was the one disturbing element. Incurable adventurer, mad, reckless, tried everything. A positive mania for fads, and he never counted the cost. He had a host of fair-weather friends, of course. But there were only three who had his best interests at heart. One was a badger. MacBadger. And then there was a water rat. A bit stuffy, perhaps, but really a fine fellow. And a…a mole. A gentle creature, kind and sympathetic. They all made their homes in a quaint little community along a riverbank. Now on that particular day, Mole was in a hurry because... oh, yes of course, because he was late for (2)tea. A regrettable habit. Still, Rat had more or less learned to put up with it. And so, as usual: