Fiver explains that the rabbits in Cowslip’s warren are fed by the farmer, who only keeps the rabbits big and healthy so that they will be more valuable as pelts and meat. Fiver goes for help, and together their band of rabbits frees Bigwig. As Bigwig heads back to the warren, he becomes caught in a snare. Bigwig and Hazel follow him, and Bigwig yells at Fiver for putting his visions above everyone else’s safety. Soon Fiver leaves the burrow, planning to run away. However, Hazel and the others are enticed to remain in the warren after they realize that the rabbits there eat flayrah-delicious food such as lettuces, carrots, and roots-left out by a nearby farmer for nearly every meal.įiver again attempts to warn Hazel that something is very wrong, but Hazel continues to ignores his brother’s warnings.
There is something strange about the rabbits in Cowslip’s warren, though-they are all large and healthy-looking but seem sad and fearful. Hazel, knowing the group is in need of a safe place to stay, accepts Cowslip’s invitation, and their group follows him down to his burrow.įiver has a bad feeling about the place, but Hazel ignores him. One afternoon, the rabbits are approached by a stranger named Cowslip who tells the group that he has a warren nearby and invites them to stay for as long as they want. As they travel, the rabbits comfort one another on their journey with tales of the rabbit trickster folk hero, El-ahrairah, and his triumphs against the enemies of rabbits throughout the ages. Hazel falls into the role of leader, and no one contests his natural ability to guide the rabbits to safety. The rabbits set out on their journey, frightened by every strange sight, smell, and sound. Bigwig fights Holly off, and Hazel offers the rabbit one last chance to come with them. That night, the rabbits set off along with some new additions- Buckthorn, Silver, Hawkbit, Speedwell, Pipkin, and Acorn-but the captain of the Owsla, Holly, attempts to arrest them. A fearsome member of the Owsla, a rabbit named Bigwig, approaches Hazel and Fiver at their evening meal and tells them he wants to go with them. That evening, Hazel and Fiver make a plan to leave the warren with couple of friends, including Blackberry and Dandelion.
Fiver says that they need to evacuate, but the warren’s Chief Rabbit, the Thearah, dismisses the rabbits out of hand.
When Fiver sees that a notice has been put up by humans at the edge of the field which houses their warren, he has a vision of the burrow’s destruction. Their warren is a generally happy place, though Hazel and Fiver, who often has strange visions of the future, occasionally have to contend with condescending treatment from their warren’s Owsla, or police-like protectorate. Hazel and Fiver are rabbits-and brothers-who live in a warren in Sandleford, in the English countryside.
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