9: Introduction to Cowslip's Warren and Chapter 12. The Stranger in the Field
The Watership Down Podcast by Newell Fisher
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9: Introduction to Cowslip’s Warren and Chapter 12. The Stranger in the Field
9.1 Housekeeping
Correction from last episode: I said Hazel was with Fiver, rather than Pipkin, as he came through the Common, while I was going through Chapter 11.
The Lost Paragraph: Further information from Maxine Tubb re. first edition not having the paragraph. Please let me know any information you have on years and country of printing as well as hard or softback. And whether your copy has the "Splendid" line from Bigwig or the put down of Hazel as chief. This is at the end of Chapter 11.
9.2 Introduction to Cowslip's Warren
The main danger rabbits face in this book, arguably, comes not from the Elil, but from other rabbits. While Efrafa is the far greater threat, Cowslip's Warren is, arguably, the far more disturbing, I think, and here's why. When ...
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