On New Year's Day, Rat, Mole, and MacBadger gather to celebrate the new year and also to the newly-reformed Toad after he gave up using his mania for motor cars permanently. In the end, the friends escape, with Toad holding the deed. However, their positions are soon compromised, resulting in a chase and dangerous game of "keep away" between Toad, his friends, Winkie and the weasels. That night, using a secret passage, the four friends infiltrate Toad Hall while the weasels and Winkie are in a drunken sleep. With amends made between Toad and his friends, they concoct a plan to sneak into Toad Hall and retrieve the deed to the house from Winkie in order to prove Toad's innocence. The visitor is actually MacBadger, who reveals that the weasels have overtaken Toad Hall with Winkie as their ringleader. However, feeling that Toad still owes a debt to society, Rat orders a reluctant Mole to open the door. At first, Toad scoffs at the idea that he would be afraid of the police, but when someone forcefully knocks at the door, Toad's confidence evaporates and he pleads for Rat and Mole to hide him. Disguised as an old woman, Toad escapes with the police hot on his trail, stealing a locomotive and then jumping off of it into the river (a foolish action, as his ball and chain kept him underwater for a long time).Ī weak and exhausted Toad makes his way to Rat's house, where he and Mole are about to have Christmas dinner. However, at that instant, Cyril, disguised as Toad's grandmother, comes into his cell with a disguise for him and a plan of escape. On Christmas Day, a remorseful and emotionally-shattered Toad makes a solemn promise to never let his impulses get the best of him again. However, Winkie stabs him in the back by saying that Toad tried to sell him a stolen motorcar, so Toad is given a lengthy prison sentence. The court is unbelieving that Toad would be foolish enough to do something like that, so he calls in Winkie as a decisive witness, emphasizing his supposed "unimpeachable honesty". However, he didn't have any money on him (MacBadger had cut off his funds), so he and the weasels (with Winkie the barman acting as a witness) drew up a contract designating a trade: Toad gave the deed to Toad Hall in exchange for the motorcar, which, unknown to him, had been stolen. After the car's driver and passengers (a group of shady Weasels) entered the tavern, Toad decided to barter with them. Cyril explains that Toad had met up with him after he escaped and, while they were walking, a red motorcar drove up to a tavern, instantly snatching Toad's impulses. In court, acting as his own defense, Toad calls Cyril to testify about the events of that day. However, Toad sneaks out that night and gets arrested for presumably stealing a motorcar. Seeing what Toad's newest craze may lead to, Rat and Mole lock him in his bedroom and guard him. Suddenly, his attention is stolen away by (to him) a vision of beauty: a motorcar. At Angus' request, Water Rat and Mole try to persuade Toad to give up his cart craze, but Toad won't listen. In his featured segment, Toad is described as an "incurable adventurer" with an uncontrollable affinity for fads, such as mountain climbing, big-game hunting, boating, and horse cart riding.Īt the beginning of the story, Toad's transportation manias have racked up a large amount of debt, so while he's out on his latest fad (riding around in a gypsy cart with Cyril Proudbottom, destroying property as they go), Angus MacBadger is trying to sort out his finances. Toad was The Wind in the Willows author Kenneth Grahame's only child, Alastair.Īppearances The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. He is clever, as he is capable of outrunning a horde of officers and another horde of thugs, albeit with help. Even imprisoned, he only briefly reconsiders trying to overcome this, and his hesitation to break out (his innocence aside) is equally brief. Toad's good tendencies are often over-shadowed by his conceit and obsession for his latest fads and manias, such as caravans, motorcars, and airplanes. He is also very adventurous, often singing with excitement during his rides across the countryside.
He cares for his friends and enjoys their company. He has a close relationship with his horse, Cyril Proudbottom, and is clearly close with Water Rat and even closer with Mole. Toad is a true friend with his heart in the right place. 3.2.3 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.3.2.2.1 The Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Event.
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