We finished up chapter 10 and started in on 11 of Wind and the Willows.

Toad has now escaped from jail disguised as a washerwoman.  He stole a horse from a woman on a barge and sold it to a gypsy for food and money.  Then he meets up with the very car that he motorcar that landed him in prison.  He faints in the road.

The men in the car feel bad for the poor "washerwoman" and take him into the car with them.  Toad weedles his way into the front seat and even talks the men into letting him drive the car.

Toad gets carried away and reveals to the men that he is the Toad that stole their car and ends up in a pond with the car.  He is catapolted out of the car and runs away.  Only to be chased by the police again.

Toad falls into the river and ends up at Rat's house.  Rat tells him that his house is over run with weasles, ferrets and stoats.  Toad must see for himself and tries to head home only to be shot at by a stoat.  Then he tries a back way, up the creek to the boat house only to be sabatoged by two weasles dropping a rock into his boat.

Cameron set up each scene and did a very good job of retelling what was going on.

We also spent time on dicussing Toad.  He is not an admirable character.  He is proud, arrogant, selfish and disobeidient.  I was actually happy when he got sent to prison because he deserved to be punished from his actions.  He is never sincerly repentatant and as soon as things start going his way again he is quick to puff up.