At night, Dandelion and Bluebell tell stories of the great rabbit El-ahrairah and his exploits and tricks. The group continues digging new burrows and tunnels. Holly recovers and describes the destruction of the old warren: Humans killed the rabbits with poison gas and gunshots, then plowed over the burrows.
The group brings him in, along with a second refugee, Bluebell. They climb to the top, where they find a stand of trees under which they begin to dig burrows.Ĭaptain Holly appears, injured and half insane. The rabbits trek for two more days and arrive at last at the steep face of Watership Down. They manage to free him and promptly leave. Fiver senses danger, but the other newcomers think it’s a wonderful place until Bigwig gets caught in a snare. Though friendly, the residents seem unaccountably sad. A large, healthy rabbit visits and invites them to join his nearby warren, which is huge, has plenty of room for newcomers, and gets lots of free food from a farmer. The next morning, they come upon a beautiful, lush meadow and begin digging burrows. Some rabbits want to start a new warren there, but Hazel convinces them to keep moving. Late that night, they cross a road and enter a thick heather that slows their travel. Hazel searches ahead and finds a field of beans where they can rest and hide. In the morning, they come to a small river but manage to swim across it. They set off at night through dangerous woods. Owsla captain Holly tries to arrest Bigwig but is defeated, and the group escapes. A member of the Threarah’s Owsla guard, Bigwig, deserts and joins Hazel. The warren is crowded, and many of those who join are small rabbits with little prospect of a good life there. Hazel trusts Fiver’s instincts, and he begins to collect others who’ll leave with them. Hazel brings his brother to the Chief Rabbit, the Threarah, who dismisses the young buck’s fears. The sign says that the area will soon have houses on it. Despite being unable to read it, he’s alarmed by a sign put up by humans. In a rabbit warren in southern England, Young Hazel’s brother Fiver has a terrible feeling that something bad will happen to everyone if they don’t leave. The ebook version of the 2018 edition forms the basis for this study guide. The 2018 edition includes two introductory chapters and a glossary of rabbit words.ĬONTENT WARNING: The story contains scenes of violence, including poisoning, gunshot wounds, and bloody combat between animals. The book’s Lexile ranking is 880L, accessible to fifth graders and above. Adams wrote a sequel and several other bestselling novels, including The Plague Dogs and The Girl in a Swing. The work has been adapted for film, television, stage, radio, and even a computer game.
Watership Down won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize.
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