Simply Stories

One of my passions is storytelling and making the classics come alive.  My early roots in the theatre sparked my love to entertain others.
 
 Simply Stories is aimed for young, old, and somewhere in between. A variety of classics are read utilising experience garnered from years in the London Theatre. I cover a wide range of classics, Victorian literature including ghost stories and stories from around the globe. Simply stories...

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Chapter 1 - The River Bank.
Mole, exceedingly fed up with spring cleaning (and who can blame him!), leaves his little house and goes wandering to enjoy the spring  sunshine and nature.  During his wanderings, he arrives at the River Bank where he meets the water rat with whom he becomes fast friends.  
From here, Mole is introduced to the delights of all things boat related and the extensive world of his new friend Rat...

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame     
Chapter 2 – The Open Road      
Mole and Ratty go off to meet the indefatigable, boisterous and current gipsy caravan enthusiast, Mr Toad!  They are pressed into Toad’s latest passion – travelling on the open road, walking through hamlets and rolling downs through the English countryside with his sparkling canary yellow caravan pulled by his rather grudging horse...

Chapter3 – Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame   
The Wild Wood  
Mole, determined to meet the mysterious Mr Badger, sets off on his own into the Wild Wood despite warnings to not enter without knowing companions with him. There, alone, Mole gradually realises he is being stalked by pattering footsteps and darting faces peering from bushes.  Panicked, Mole runs off the path and becomes lost in the wild wood as snow begins to fall...

Chapter4 – Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame   
Mr Badger  
Saved from potential danger in the Wild Wood, Mole and Ratty are welcomed into the home of the prominent Mr Badger. There, they are greeted with all manner of comforts and an opportunity to share the news of events outside of the Wild Wood with Mr Badger...

Chapter5-Wind in the Willows  
Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame   
Chapter 5 – Dulce Domum  
Home sweet home, or Dolce Domum, calls us all from afar. Mole, upon travelling back from yet another adventure, can sense the distinct calling of his little home, all but forgotten for the new exciting world of the riverbank with his friend Rat...

Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame  
Chapter 6 – Mr Toad  
The time has come! Mr Badger, Ratty and Mole are determined to bring Mr Toad to heel and turn him into a “sensible toad”.  A concerted effort is made – Toad’s shiny red new motor vehicle is sent back and his treasured motor garments forcibly removed. But, the incorrigible Mr Toad is not so easily subdued!  All is well until Toad hears the distant melodious sound of “poop poop” in the distance....

Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame 
Chapter 7 – The Pipers at the Gates of Dawn  
Portly is missing!  He is only a little chap and has been missing for some days.  Has he drowned?  Is he lost?  Or has some other terrible thing happened to him?  Ratty and Mole are determined to find him and search up and down the riverbank throughout the night.  And then, in the distance, as dawn is breaking, a piper sounds...

Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame 
Chapter 8 – Toad’s Adventures  
Mr Toad, thrown into the darkest cell, of the highest tower, in the remotest prison for a period of no less than 20 years, with no recourse to friends for help, finds himself with few possibilities to escape.  And yet. Luck, and no small amount of considerable roguish charm and the odd washer women come to his aid...

Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame 
Chapter 9 – Wayfarers All  
The wood is abuzz with all manner of animals preparing for their fall departure to warmer climates as the woods just start to begin their transformation to autumn. A distant traveller arrives with stories of far-off places, exotic lands and fantastic adventures...