So far in this book, the story has been pretty slow. Its not fast paced or full of action, its mostly based on actual thought. Though the name might not state it, "Watership Down" is about a group of rabbits who leave their warren due to a warning from danger from a rabbit named Fiver. These groups of rabbits search for a new warren until an unknown rabbit welcomes them to his.
Throughout the book, I noticed how Fiver can be very skeptical, but sometimes he may be telling the truth. In the beginning of the book, Fiver and his older brother Hazel go to the chief rabbit to warn him about a "great danger coming to the warren". The chief rabbit takes this into consideration, but did not believe Fiver. Fiver became so skeptical, he gathered an entire group of rabbits and they all left the warren.
While this group of rabbits are traveling, some of the rabbits start to get tired and weary of traveling; they start to think that Fiver was wrong, and want to go back to the warren. But Fiver claims that there are a bunch of hills ahead and that there are a nice big plain for them to live. When they finally reach there, they realize that Fiver was right and they were wrong to doubt him.
When an unknown rabbit invited them to their warren, Fiver was suspicious of why they let them join their warren. He was also confused on why the warren was very large, yet there were not that many rabbits. He also noticed how the rabbits sort of acted like man. He thought there was evil somewhere around, and want to leave the warren as soon as possible.
Fiver shows how curiosity isn't an issue and it's better safe then sorry. Who knows what happened to their original warren; it could have flooded or cleared by man. I may have not gotten far in the book yet, but I can say Fiver is starting to persuade me too!
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