Hello, my name's Tim.
Today's story involves a circle of animal friends whose adventures in the English countryside
teach them the true meaning of friendship.
Although each is very different in character, the animals have lots of fun together.
Any idea who they might be?
Let's find out.
We begin one warm spring day.
The last of the snow has melted and Mr Mole emerges from the safety of his burrow into the sun for the first time.
Young and full of curiosity, Mole explores the riverbank and meets an older river dweller,
Mr Rat, who invites him to go boating.
Messing about in the river, Rat and Mole see something flash past.
Who could that be?
Boastful and full of wind, it's Mr Toad, racing along in his latest toy, a fast wooden rowboat.
He always sails close to the wind, cautions Rat about the vain Mr Toad, but Mole seems very impressed indeed.
That summer, Mole and Rat get wind of the news that Toad has bought a colourful new wagon.
They decide to swim upstream to Toad Hall for a ride.
Toad drives his new wagon like the wind, but disaster strikes as a speeding motor car bumps them off the road,
winding Rat, and starting in Toad a sudden obsession for a motor car of his own.
Slowly, autumn turns to winter as the wind blows the leaves from the trees.
Experienced in the ways of the world, Rat warns Mole about the weasels and other dangers lurking in the wild wood.