This book contains the following stories:
Watership Down
This is a story about a group of rabbits in search of a home. Fiver has a gift - he can sense danger. Unable to convince the Chief Rabbit, Fiver leaves the warren with a group of rabbits in search of a safer home. Along the way they are tempted to join another warren - where food is plentiful - but on discovering the catch (food = snares) they leave in search of a better place. At Watership Down they establish their own warren but realise they need some girl rabbits for the colony to survive. A nearby warren has females, but a battle ensues with the established bucks. Eventually all is sorted and the two sides build a third warren between their camps and fill it with rabbits from both warrens.
Bigwig Learns a Lesson
Holly arrives at Watership Down with terrifying tales of the destruction of their old home. He also has news of a fine big warren where there is plenty of food, so a small band of rabbits go and investigate. Cowslip's warren appears perfect and Bigwig is keen to stay, but Fiver has a bad feeling.
