Watership Down

Where to Now?

In all actuality, I hate to give away too much 
regarding this book due to its recent arrival. 
Enough people who loved Watership Down may have 
not yet read this book for me to feel comfortable 
giving away its secrets. Still, a most basic outlay 
is provided. The book  Tales From...  is not 
really a sequel to Watership Down. The original 
novel was closed enough at the end that really no 
further plot line is necessary to complete it. 
Instead, it is a collection of short stories. 


Section One of the book gives additional tales of 
El-ahrairah, including  The Fox in the Water  
and  The Hole in the Sky  , both mentioned 
briefly in the novel when the companions rest on 
their way to Efrafa. As well, two rather 
nonsensical stories are told to provide a glimpse 
into what rabbits talk about when not relating 
tales of their prince.

Section Two of  Tales From...  provides 
even more stories of the Prince with a Thousand Enemies. 
These are stories of the adventures El-ahrairah goes 
through as he returns from the lair of the Black Rabbit
as told in  El-ahrairah and The Black Rabbit of Inlé .

Section Three gives insight into what happened to 
the warren on Watership down between the times of 
the Efrafan seige and the following spring. Included are 
stories about Hyzenthlay taking over as the warren's 
Chief Rabbit for a time, the arrival of a strange 
rabbit who reeks of man and as such by rabbit law must 
be put to death, the overcrowding of the warren, and 
Campion's attempts to restart Wide Patrols within Efrafa.

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