This delightful story is about a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure ... and as adventure pursues them! The chief characters are Mole, Rat, and Toad. They generally lead upbeat and happy lives, but their lives are filled with moments of terror, homesickness, awe, mad antics. One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat.