A group of rabbits reluctantly abandon their home warren when one of them, Fiver, who has second sight, predicts a terrible disaster. Many exciting and terrifying adventures follow as the resourceful band, led by Hazel, embark on their epic journey in search of a new home.
This book is part of a book series called Watership Down .
This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .
Neville Teller was born in London and is a long time dramatist and abridger for BBC radio. His work currently features regularly on the Four o'clock Show, Radio 4 Extra's daily programme for children. In the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2006 he was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting and to drama. He is married, has three sons and ten grandchildren. Richard Adams completed his first novel, WATERSHIP DOWN, in the mid-sixties; he had originally told the story to his children. The success of the novel enabled him to retire from the Civil Service and devote his time to writing. Richard Adams lives in the South of England.
This book contains the following story:
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.
