Tired of spring cleaning, Mole ventures above ground into the warm sunshine, and happens upon his friend Ratty. Together they picnic on the sparkling, burbling river, brave the sinister Wild Wood in wintertime to visit the bad-tempered Badger, and take to the open road in a caravan with dear, silly old Toad.

The wind in the willows

The Wind in the Willows

Au printemps, la rivière et les bois s'animent : les animaux sortent de leur terrier et redécouvrent les joies de l'amitié et de la vie en plein air. L'hiver revenu, ils goûtent à la douceur des longues soirées passées devant un feu de cheminée. Rat, Taupe et Blaireau coulent des jours heureux, et tout serait tranquille dans cette société en miniature si leur ami Crapaud, victime de sa vanité, ne s'attirait pas toujours des ennuis.

Le Vent dans les saules

When Mole goes boating with Ratty instead of doing his spring-cleaning, he discovers a whole new world. As well as adventures on the river and in the Wild Wood, there are high jinks on the open road with that reckless ruffian, Mr Toad of Toad Hall. Can they join together and beat the wretched weasels once and for all?

Ils sont quatre : quatre aventuriers plus ou moins pantouflards et ordinaires du monde animal à vivre l’aventure quotidienne de la vie. Il y a les deux amis, Rat et Taupe, le sage et bourru Blaireau et l’entêté, vaniteux et totalement irresponsable Crapaud par qui tout ou presque arrive. Ces quatre-là s’émerveillent, suivent les saisons, le cours de l’eau et racontent en un livre magique tout ce qui fait le prix de l’existence : peur, amitié, désir d’ailleurs, perte, abandon, espoir...Le Vent dans les saules est une référence souvent comparée à Alice au pays des Merveilles.

Le vent dans les saules

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 A timeless and celebrated children's classic, Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has delighted for nearly 100 years. In the idyllic English countryside, Mole, Badger, Rat and Toad encounter adventure at every turn - whether it's gipsy caravans, Rat's love for the river, or Toads passion for motorcars, the loveable friends and their escapades continue to delight children and adults alike.

The Wind in The Willows

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. It was small wonder, then, that he suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said 'Bother!' and 'O blow!' and also 'Hang spring-cleaning!' and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat. Something up above was calling him imperiously, and he made for the steep little tunnel which answered in his case to the gavelled carriage-drive owned by animals whose residences are nearer to the sun and air.

The wind in the willows

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