Willows. The Edinburgh-based record label Song, by Toad Records takes its name from a passage in The Wind in the Willows. English composer John Rutter wrote a setting of The Wind in the Willows for narrator, SATB chorus and chamber orchestra. The American post-hardcore band La Dispute adapted the first chapter of the book into the song "Seven" on their EP Here, Hear II. Adventure rides Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is the name of a ride at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and a former attraction at Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, inspired by Toad's motorcar adventure. It is the only ride with an alternative Latin title, given as the inscription on Toad's Hall: Toadi Acceleratio Semper Absurda ("Toad's Ever-Absurd Acceleration"). After the removal of the ride from the Magic Kingdom, a statue of Toad was added to the cemetery outside the Haunted Mansion attraction in the same park. Other In 2016, the historian Adrian Greenwood was tortured and murdered in his home by a thief intent on finding a rare 1908 first edition print of which he was in possession. The book was later recovered as part of the criminal investigation. The crime was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary entitled Catching a Killer: The Wind in the Willows Murder. In The Simpsons 1998 episode "Lisa Gets an 'A' (season 10, episode 7; AABF03), Lisa neglects to complete her Wind in the Willows reading homework and subsequently has to cheat on a pop-quiz. In Rugrats 1992 episode "The Santa Experience (season 2, episode 14; Chaz mentions that he had the lead role in a Wind in the Willows play in school when they were kids. Drew remarks that Chaz just played a tree. In Downton Abbey, series 2, episode 2, the Dowager Countess learns that her granddaughter, Lady Edith Crowley, has volunteered to drive a tractor for a local farmer during the war, to which the Dowager Countess says, "You're a lady. Not Toad of Toad Hall!" See also References Further reading tells how the stories evolved from bedtime stories (and letters, in his absence) for his son Alastair, then known as "Mouse". External links Online editions illustrated by Paul Bransom (1913) Adapted in 10 parts. Site also contains teaching resources and episode transcripts. 1908 British novels 1908 children's books 20th-century British children's literature British children's novels British novels adapted into films Pan (god) Culture associated with the