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00:04 Eat the wind from the willows Sang softly to me
00:21 Follow my voice Wherever it leads
00:23 Where the wind of the breeze blows
00:46 In the countryside that spread from either bank of the calmly flowing river, the year's
00:50 colours were growing as the year itself grew. White trumpets of a birdweed unfurled in
00:56 the hedges. The glow of the dog-rose shone amongst hawthorn and blackthorn, and in the
01:02 meadows there were constellations of shimmering scarlet poppies. It was a gently warming day,
01:08 one that called for drifting, dozing contemplation in a boat, on the bank, by an easel. So it
01:14 was not with the warmest of feelings that Rat, Mole and Badger attended Toad Hall,
01:21 in answer to its owner's urgent invitation.
01:24 Toad!
01:25 Yes, well, in a brief then, ignoring the significance of the contribution that I expect...
01:34 All right, all right.
01:38 Oh, there! What do you think of that?
01:45 Oh my!
01:46 Great heavens, Toad! A telescope!
01:49 Exactly! A telescope! A stargazing telescope!
01:54 My great uncle, the sea captain, had a telescope, but it was nothing near as big as that.
01:59 No, I'm sure it was not!
02:01 No! This will seek out the myriad secrets of the heavens! This is the first astro...
02:08 astro...
02:10 Astronomical...
02:11 It's the finest telescope that money can buy!
02:14 At an astronomical price, I'll be burnt!
02:17 It's a splendid device, Toad, but why do you want an astronomical telescope? You don't
02:21 know anything about astronomy!
02:23 Don't know anything about...
02:26 Oh! What about the plough? What about the little bear? Is your minor...
02:34 A sermon.
02:35 Exactly!
02:36 Oh, Toad, it's not another craze.
02:39 Craze? Craze? I'm about to share one of the great scientific experiences of the century.
02:46 I'm about to observe the celestial phenomenon that excited the ancients and astonished the
02:52 superstitious denizens of far-off lands.
02:56 I just found the advertisement. It's been cut out of a newspaper.
03:00 Well, yes, well...
03:03 Share in one of the great scientific experiences of the century, etc., etc., far-off lands,
03:09 the return to our skies of Halley's Comet.
03:12 Not Halley's. Moe Haley's.
03:18 Moe's quite right, Toad. It is Halley's.
03:21 As a matter of fact, the correct pronunciation is Halley's.
03:25 Oh!
03:26 But that matters less than the fact that you're dabbling again, Toad, in another nine days' wonder.
03:30 Another nine days' wonder?
03:32 What your father would have said.
03:35 Yes, well, my old father's library is full of... asteris... is full of books about the stars,
03:41 and I have been reading them. And you may be interested to know that whatever the fella's
03:48 name is Comet has not been seen since 1834.
03:52 Good heavens! Great scoff!
03:54 Yes, and it's on its way back due on April the 17th.
03:59 I worked it out.
04:01 Why say?
04:02 And I shall be up on the roof to see it.
04:05 Up on the roof?
04:06 Yes, with a clear view, you see.
04:08 But how are you going to get it up there?
04:11 Ah, well, I did think that since you were all here...
04:15 Oh, Toad!
04:18 Not too fast, Mole.
04:26 Sorry.
04:27 And I must say, I think he's pretty stingy, Badger.
04:31 I want my hand nobbing.
04:34 Well, we could do with his strength.
04:37 And he might have stopped Toad talking.
04:40 I heard that.
04:42 Oh, dear.
04:43 He might have stopped talking.
04:45 Why, if he wasn't for the brilliance of my organization...
04:48 Toad, be quiet.
04:50 And hold the ladder or I'll drop the wretched telescope on you.
04:54 Oh, yes, fine.
04:57 I'll hold the ladder.
05:00 Oh, some people.
05:03 Ha! Now, look at that.
05:08 The best outdoor observatory in the whole of England, I should wonder.
05:12 Oh.
05:13 What?
05:14 Nothing, Toad.
05:15 Oh.
05:16 Right.
05:17 Now then, let's take a look.
05:22 Toad.
05:23 Yes, but...
05:25 I'm involved in scientific research, Ratty.
05:29 We astrologers have no time for idle chat.
05:33 Have it your own way.
05:37 Oh.
05:38 Oh.
05:39 Oh.
05:40 Nothing.
05:41 Nothing.
05:43 Not a thing.
05:45 It's as black as...
05:47 Oh.
05:48 There is a reason why you can't see anything, Toad.
05:52 Of course there's a reason.
05:54 The reason is this wretched telescope is absolutely useless.
05:58 No, it's just that you've left the lens cap on.
06:00 Honestly, Bo, you... you... you... you are quite right.
06:05 Well done.
06:07 But keep on your toes. I may try to catch you out again, you know.
06:10 Oh, Toad.
06:11 Now, who do you think...
06:15 Er, yes, Toad, yes, of course.
06:18 Oh!
06:19 Oh, I say, it's Mars.
06:23 Mars? Are you sure?
06:24 Of course I'm sure, I'm sure.
06:26 I don't think you can see it in daylight, Toad.
06:28 Not with any old telescope, Moe, I dare say.
06:31 But this is a top quality anatomical instrument, and that is Mars.
06:37 Oh, yes, I can see the canals as clear as clear.
06:40 All those straight lines.
06:42 It's amazing.
06:44 They're not canals.
06:45 They're the mortar between the bricks.
06:48 Oh.
06:49 Oh, well, of course I...
06:50 Moe, I do wish you would stop that.
06:53 I'm sorry, Toad.
06:55 Anyway, I suppose we'd better get down to the serious business.
06:59 Settle ourselves in and wait for nightfall.
07:02 We'll be long before we're observing Halley's...
07:05 Um, uh, Halley's...
07:07 Um, oh, the comet thing.
07:10 Uh, ourselves, Toad, we'll be observing Halley's comet.
07:15 Oh, yes.
07:16 I can't stay.
07:17 I've got things to do at home.
07:19 Besides, I'm not too keen on heights.
07:21 Oh.
07:23 Oh, very well.
07:26 Go on then, back to your beloved river.
07:29 And all that mud.
07:31 And stick in it.
07:33 I say, Toad.
07:34 And you, Moley.
07:36 Go on back to your miserable little hole in the ground.
07:38 Well.
07:39 Leave me to commune with the grandeur of the infinite universe.
07:43 Yes, Toad, we certainly will.
07:45 Come on, Moe.
07:46 I'm coming, Ratty.
07:47 Hm.
07:48 See if I care.
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