Match the words to the sentences:

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, borrow or—.

Newspaper Sellers: Toad arrested! Extra!

Court Clerk: 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 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 (4)______________? Did you, or did you not, have him locked up?

Rat: We did.

Prosecutor: Thank you! That is all!

Judge: Next 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 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 defense will present his case.

Toad: My lord, with the court's indulgence, I rise prepared to plead my own defense.

Rat: Moley! Moley, (5)______________ it!

Toad: Gentlemen of the jury I call, as my first witness, Cyril Proudbottom.

Court Clerk: Cyril Proudbottom.

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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, borrow or—.

Newspaper Sellers: Toad arrested! Extra!

Court Clerk: 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 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 (4)motorcar? Did you, or did you not, have him locked up?

Rat: We did.

Prosecutor: Thank you! That is all!

Judge: Next 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 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 defense will present his case.

Toad: My lord, with the court's indulgence, I rise prepared to plead my own defense.

Rat: Moley! Moley, (5)Stop it!

Toad: Gentlemen of the jury I call, as my first witness, Cyril Proudbottom.

Court Clerk: Cyril Proudbottom.