A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett.Down by the river bank, where the wind whispers through the willow trees, is a very pleasant place to have a lunch party with a few friends. But life is not always so peaceful for the Mole and the Water Rat. There is the time, for example, when Toad gets interested in motor-cars – goes mad about them in face...The story of the adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad has been loved by young and old for over a hundred years.