--- title: The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!) — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)», a lesson of the books course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: It is early summer. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/) / The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… # The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!) Lesson 45 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 26 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/0/) — It is early summer. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/1/) — Rat and Mole have been up since dawn getting the boats ready — painting, varnishing, mending — when there is a heavy knock. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/2/) — It's the Badger! - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/3/) — He never pays visits, so this is a big event. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/4/) — He stands there very serious and says: «The hour has come! … Toad's hour!» He is keeping his winter promise. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/5/) — He has heard that a new, extra-powerful motor-car is arriving at Toad Hall this very morning. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/6/) — The three march off in single file. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/7/) — In front of the Hall stands a huge shiny red car, and down the steps swaggers Toad in goggles, cap, gaiters, gauntlets and an enormous overcoat: «Come on, you fellows, for a jolly — a jolly — er — jolly…» His words fade when he sees their stern faces. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/8/) — The Badger tells the chauffeur he won't be wanted, and the friends bundle Toad inside. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/9/) — «Take those ridiculous things off!» «Shan't!» So the Rat sits on him and the Mole peels his motor-clothes off bit by bit. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/10/) — Without them Toad is just Toad again, and he giggles feebly. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/11/) — The Badger lays it out: Toad has ignored every warning, is wasting the money his father left him, and is giving all the animals a bad name with his crashes and quarrels with the police. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/14/) — The sun seems to pull green things «up out of the earth towards him, as if by strings». - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/15/) — Rat and Mole were «painting and varnishing, mending paddles, repairing cushions, hunting for missing boat-hooks» for «the opening of the boating season». - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/17/) — It is «a wonderful thing» that the Badger «should pay a formal call on them, or indeed on anybody»; usually you had to catch him along a hedgerow or hunt him up in his house in the Wood. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/18/) — «The hour has come!» — «What hour?» asks the Rat, glancing at the clock. — «Whose hour, you should rather say … Why, Toad's hour! … I said I would take him in hand as soon as the winter was well over». - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/21/) — The Rat: «We'll rescue the poor unhappy animal! - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/22/) — We'll convert him! - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/23/) — He'll be the most converted Toad that ever was». (Convert = change someone's mind completely.) - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/27/) — The Badger to the chauffeur (the paid driver): «I'm afraid you won't be wanted to-day … Mr. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/28/) — Toad has changed his mind … Please understand that this is final.» - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/30/) — I demand an instant explanation.» - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/31/) — «The Rat sat on him, and the Mole got his motor-clothes off him bit by bit». - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/34/) — The Badger: «you've gone on squandering the money your father left you (squander = waste), and you're getting us animals a bad name in the district by your furious driving and your smashes and your rows with the police». - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/36/) — I'll make one more effort to bring you to reason.» - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/37/) — Talk in this lesson: «fixin' to» (southern US) = about to; «no cap» = honestly, no lie; «bussin'» = really good; «canny» (North East England) = quite, nice; «servo» (Australia) = petrol station. - ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (the carol, a magic supper, and a home to come back to)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/) - next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/)