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1、TheWindInTheWillowsStudyGuideBasedontheclassicbookbyKennethGrahameKennethGrahamewasbornonMarch8,1859inEdinburgh,Scotland.Forthreeyearsduringhischildhood,Grahamelivedwithhisgrandmother.ShelivedneartheriverThamesandWindsorForest.Heconsideredthetimehelivedbesidethelovelyriverandforesttheb
2、estyearsofhislife.So,later,afterhehadgrown-upandhadasonofhisown,thosehappymemoriesofsuchabeautifulplaceinspiredhimtowriteTheWindInTheWillows.Thebookisaseriesofstorieswrittenasagiftforhispartiallyblindandsicklyson,Alistair.Alistairlovedstorytellingatbedtimesomuch,andwasveryupsetwhenhefo
3、undoutthathewasgoingtospendsometimeattheseasidebecauseofhishealth.Hisfatherhadtostayintowntowork.Alistairdidn’twanttogotothebeachwithouthisimaginativebedtimestories.KennethGrahamepromisedhissonthathewouldsendhimachapteradayofthestoryhewastellinghimaboutanadventuroustoadandhisfriends.He
4、kepthispromise,andAlistairlookedforwardtothosechaptersinthemail.Alistair’snursewascharmedbythestoriesandkeptthemallsafe,sendingthembacktoGrahame–whoputthemalltogetherinabookcalledTheWindIntheWillows.Hepublishedthebook,anditbecameahugesuccesswithadultsandchildren.Thebook’spopularitymade
5、himafortune,allowinghimtoretirefromthejobhehatedasabankerandmovetohisbelovedriverThames.HismostpopularcharacterinthebookisMr.Toad.Childrenlovehim,becauseheissofunnyandexciting.HiswildandloveablespiritinspiredA.A.Milne(authorofWinnieThePooh)towriteaplay,ToadofToadHall.In1949,WaltDisneym
6、adeacartoonversioncalled,TheAdventuresofIchabodandMr.Toad.AboutA.C.T.ForYouthSince,1999theAtlanticCoastTheatreForYouthhasbeenenlighteningaudiencesacrosstheUnitedStateswithitsentertainingandeducationallivetheatreproductionsandworkshopprograms.TheAtlanticCoastTheatreForYouthisaprofession
7、altouringtheatrecompany,basedinOrlando,FL.Checkoutourwebsitetodiscovermore!www.atlantic-coast-theatre.com1ANIMALSFROMTHEBOOK-WINDINTHEWILLOWSAlthoughthebook’smaincharactersareanimals,theyarereallyrepresentationsofdifferenttypesofpeople.Theydonotbehavelikerealanimalsdo.Theyliveinthehu
