Bomb Thrower | Jan. 14, 2023
“No one must ever ask where another rabbit was, and anyone who asked ‘Where?’ – must be silenced.”
In the story Watership Down a group of rabbits flee their home warren of Sandleford, ahead of its imminent destruction at the hands of real estate developers. They set out looking for a safe, new home and among their adventures they encounter another warren called Cowslip. There, all the rabbits are uncharacteristically large, affable and seemingly well fed. For awhile, the Sandleford rabbits think they’ve found a safe haven.
There’s only one problem: every once in awhile one of the the rabbits goes missing. It turns out the entire warren is on a farmer’s land who feeds and otherwise takes care of them, but then sets out snares and traps them from time to time for their pelts.
There is only one rule at Cowslip’s Warren, nobody is allowed to ask or talk about any of the missing rabbits.
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