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*** Reading straight from the book, in the chapter ‘A Honeycomb and a Mouse’ the passage word for word is: “Hazel recognized him as one of the rabbits who had come to arrest Bigwig, but he did not know his name.”
After that, Bigwig appears and says “Oh it’s you, Bluebell.”
So he was there to arrest Bigwig and Bigwig knew him directly which would make sense if he were in the owsla.
After that, Bigwig appears and says “Oh it’s you, Bluebell.”
So he was there to arrest Bigwig and Bigwig knew him directly which would make sense if he were in the owsla.
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*** Reading straight from the book, in the chapter ‘A Honeycomb and a Mouse’ the passage word for word is: “Hazel recognized him as one of the rabbits who had come to arrest Bigwig, but he did not know his name.” After that, Bigwig appears and says “Oh it’s you, Bluebell.”
After that, Bigwig appears and says “Oh it’s you, Bluebell.”
So he was there to arrest Bigwig and Bigwig knew him directly which would make sense if he were in the owsla.
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**** Reading straight from the book, in the chapter ‘A Honeycomb and a Mouse’ the passage word for word is: “Hazel recognized him as one of the rabbits who had come to arrest Bigwig, but he did not know his name.”
After that, Bigwig appears and says “Oh it’s you, Bluebell.”
So he was there to arrest Bigwig and Bigwig knew him directly which would make sense if he were in the owsla.
After that, Bigwig appears and says “Oh it’s you, Bluebell.”
So he was there to arrest Bigwig and Bigwig knew him directly which would make sense if he were in the owsla.
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** It wasn't really that Frith wanted El-Ahrairah and his species to ''die,'' exactly - they were over-breeding and thusly out-competing other animals for food. The rabbits weren't really doing anything ''wrong,'' there simply needed to be a way to balance the population, and El-Ahrairah wasn't interesting in helping control them. Frith had no problem with the rabbits continuing to exist, and so blessed them so that they wouldn't be wiped out completely. As for why Frith allowed El-Ahrairah himself to live, there's hints throughout the book (and its sequel) that Frith was actually on somewhat friendly terms with him, and probably wanted him to have a fighting chance.
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** It wasn't really that Frith wanted El-Ahrairah and his species to ''die,'' exactly - they were over-breeding and thusly out-competing other animals for food. The rabbits weren't really doing anything ''wrong,'' there simply needed to be a way to balance the population, and El-Ahrairah wasn't interesting interested in helping control them. Frith had no problem with the rabbits continuing to exist, and so blessed them so that they wouldn't be wiped out completely. As for why Frith allowed El-Ahrairah himself to live, there's hints throughout the book (and its sequel) that Frith was actually on somewhat friendly terms with him, and probably wanted him to have a fighting chance.
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*** Just did an e-book search for the word "Bluebell" and re-read the section where Holly came to arrest Bigwig. The other two guards with Holly are not named, and Hazel's specific remembering of Bluebell's identity came down to saying, "Oh, it's you, Bluebell." It never specifies why Hazel recognized him. When Holly is telling his own story, he notes that he had Bluebell, Pimpernel, and Toadflax, and that Toadflax was the only member of the Owsla he'd seen.
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** In the book, Dandelion-the-narrator directly spells out Frith's motivation -- after El-ahrairah refused to control his people, Dandelion says that "Frith could have killed El-arairah at once, but he had a mind to keep him in the world, because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks. So he determined to get the better of him, not by his own great power, but by means of a trick." The trick, of course, being turning a good portion of the animal kingdom into predators. But then, when he saw how El-ahrairah refused to give up even when he thought himself about to get killed by predators, Frith felt sympathy for him and blessed him with great speed and sharp senses.
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** Hazel and Bigwig were in part persuaded by Campion's leadership ability, and he didn't do it through fear, like Woundwart did.
