1. Long ago, the great Frith made the world.
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2. He made all the stars...
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3. and the world lived among the stars.
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4. Frith made all the animals and birds...
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5. and, at first, made them all the same.
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6. Now, among the animals was El-ahrairah,
the Prince of Rabbits.
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7. He had many friends...
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8. and they all ate grass together.
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9. After a time,
the rabbits wandered everywhere...
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10. multiplied, eating as they went.
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11. Then, Frith said to El-
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12. "Prince Rabbit, if you cannot
control your people...
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13. "... I shall find ways to control them."
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14. El-ahrairah would not listen,
and said to Frith:
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15. "My people are the strongest in the world."
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16. This angered Frith, so he determined
to get the better of El-ahrairah.
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17. He gave a present
to every animal and bird...
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18. making each one different from the rest.
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19. When the fox came,
and others like the dog and cat...
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20. the hawk and weasel...
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21. to each of them, Frith gave a desire
to hunt and slay the children of El-ahrairah.
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22. El-ahrairah knew that Frith was
too clever for him, and he was frightened.
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23. He had never before seen
the Black Rabbit of Death.
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24. "My friend," said Frith,
"have you seen El-ahrairah?
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25. "For I wish to give him a gift."
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26. "No, I have not seen him."
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27. So, Frith said,
"Come out, and I will bless you instead."
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28. "No, I cannot. I am busy.
The fox and weasel are coming.
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29. "If you want to bless me,
you will have to bless my bottom."
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30. "Very well. Be it so."
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31. And El-ahrairah's tail grew shining white,
and it flashed like a star.
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32. And his back legs grew long and powerful.
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33. He tore across the hill
faster than any creature in the world.
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34. "All the world will be your enemy,
Prince with a Thousand Enemies.
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35. "And whenever they catch you,
they will kill you.
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36. "But first, they must catch you...
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37. "... digger, listener, runner.
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38. "Prince with the swift warren.
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39. "Be cunning and full of tricks...
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40. "... and your people
will never be destroyed."
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41. Along the edge of that wood, there.
Enjoyed many a game of play from it, too.
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42. You can't hold back progress.
Shame, though.
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43. It's gone 8:00, and I told Elizabeth
we'd go into Newbury this evening.
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44. Old sun sets so late in summer,
it's morning before...
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45. I think it's safe now, Fiver.
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46. There's still something strange
about the warren this evening.
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47. Is it dangerous?
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48. It's not exactly danger. It's...
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49. I don't know. Something oppressive.
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50. Like thunder.
It seems safe enough now, though.
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51. Come on, see if you can find me a cowslip.
If you can't, no one can.
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52. - What's going on?
- It's only that runt, Fiver.
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53. Jumping at bluebottles again.
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54. - Come on. Hurry up.
- Fiver found it, Toadflax.
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55. And we'll eat it.
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56. Cowslip are for Owsla. You know that.
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57. Tell you the truth,
I'm getting sick and tired of it.
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58. Sometimes I feel like
clearing out of the warren altogether.
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59. Never mind. Let's forget it,
and try to enjoy the evening.
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60. Hazel?
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61. Hazel, this is where it comes from.
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62. I know now that terrible thing is coming.
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63. - What do you mean?
- Look.
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64. The field! The field!
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65. - It's covered with blood!
- Blood? Don't be silly.
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66. All right, Fiver. It's getting dark.
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67. - We should get back to the burrow.
- Back to the burrow?
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68. It'll come there. Don't think it won't.
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69. It's all around us.
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70. Now, stop it, Fiver.
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71. We've got to go away from here. All of us.
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72. - Go away? What, the whole warren?
- Yes, before it's too late.
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73. You're being silly.
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74. They'll think you're out of your mind.
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75. You must listen to me, Hazel.
Something very bad is going to happen.
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76. We'd better try and see the Chief Rabbit.
You can tell him about it.
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77. I don't expect he'll like the idea at all.
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78. We've got to go away from the warren!
All of us!
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79. - Go away?
- Yes, before it's too late.
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80. Is something wrong?
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81. - What's the matter?
- Is there danger?
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82. Come on. Let's find out what's happened.
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83. - Hazel? It is Hazel, isn't it?
- It is.
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84. - What are you doing here?
- We want to see the Chief Rabbit, Bigwig.
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85. "We"? You mean
he wants to see him, too?
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86. - Yes.
- I must.
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87. - What's it all about?
- Bigwig? What do they want?
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88. - They want to see the Chief Rabbit.
- What for?
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89. - I have to...
- Send them away.
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90. I'll take care of it, Holly.
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91. Look, Bigwig, when have I ever asked
to see the Chief Rabbit before?
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92. All right.
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93. Wait here.
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94. Excuse me, sir.
These two outskirts have asked to see you.
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95. Is it all right if I bring them down?
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96. Come on, then, though I'll probably get
my ears chewed off for this.
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97. Now, Walnut.
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98. - It is Walnut, isn't it?
- No, sir. Hazel.
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99. I knew your mother well. And your friend?
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100. - My brother, sir. Fiver.
- Well, then.
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101. Now, do tell me how I can help you.
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102. Well, he says there's a bad danger
coming to our warren.
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103. A bad danger.
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104. How very upsetting.
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105. Now, what sort of danger, I wonder.
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106. I don't know. But it's bad. It's so bad.
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107. Well, now. What ought we to do?
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108. - Go away. All of us. Now.
- Now? In May?
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109. The mating season?
And where would we go to?
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110. He's had these feelings before,
and he's been right again and again.
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111. I shall have to consider this very carefully.
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112. Perhaps we'll discuss it later,
in the summer.
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113. We can't wait!
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114. It's been good of you to come, Walnut.
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115. Bigwig!
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116. - Bigwig.
- Sir?
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117. - What was that all about?
- Well, sir...
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118. Your duty as an officer is
to protect this burrow.
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119. - Yes, sir.
- Those two lunatics...
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120. Yes, sir.
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121. - Who's that?
- It's me.
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122. - Dandelion?
- No, Blackberry.
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123. Dandelion told me
you were leaving the warren tonight.
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124. - If it's true, I'd like to come along.
- We'd like to come along, too.
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125. - I don't much like the look of things.
- We must get everyone.
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126. That Toadflax fellow followed me
down the run.
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127. It could mean the Owsla
has been turned out tonight.
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128. Then the sooner we're off, the better.
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129. It's the Owsla. They're coming.
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130. - There aren't many of you left, are there?
- Bigwig? Are you off duty?
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131. Off duty, and likely to remain off.
I've left the Owsla.
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132. Fiver, I've been thinking about
what you said.
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133. - We're leaving.
- Leaving? All of you? Where to?
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134. We don't know exactly. But we're going.
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135. - You're all under arrest!
- Under arrest?
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136. - What do you mean?
- What for?
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137. Spreading dissension, inciting to mutiny.
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138. - There's a bad danger coming.
- It's not good.
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139. You'll all come with me.
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140. Is he alone?
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141. I am captain of Owsla.
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142. Go, now, or we'll kill you.
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143. It's you who'll be killed.
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144. - Bigwig!
- Yes, you know me.
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145. - He'll come back with the Owsla soon.
- Right. Well, I think I'll come with you.
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146. Hazel, we'll have to stop here.
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147. Fiver and that other half-size, we're all in.
They need to rest.
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148. He's right, Hazel.
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149. Look. Once we're beyond the woods...
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150. we'll really be clear of the Owsla.
We can rest then.
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151. I've never been in a wood before, Hazel.
It looks dangerous.
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152. Follow me.
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153. A lendri!
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154. This way.
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155. - It had just killed. I saw blood on its lips.
- Lucky for us, it had.
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156. Otherwise, it might have been quicker.
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157. - We shall have to cross it.
- Cross it? Who's going to cross it?
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158. - What do you want to cross it for?
- Are you sure about this?
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159. Yes. But I don't think I can swim, Hazel.
I'm worn out.
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160. - Pipkin is even worse off than me.
- We can't just sit here.
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161. I know what we ought to be looking for.
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162. A high, lonely place with dry soil...
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163. where we can see and hear all around,
and men hardly ever come.
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164. - There's a dog loose in the wood.
- Well, that does it.
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165. - A dog?
- Come on.
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166. What do you think will happen
when he picks up our scent?
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167. Those that can swim, swim.
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168. The others will have to make out
the best they can.
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169. That's not good enough.
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170. We got into this together,
we'll get out of it together.
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171. Hazel, look.
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172. It floats.
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173. That's it. That's it!
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174. Fiver, get on, quickly.
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175. Silver, Bigwig, get your nose under it.
Push it out.
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176. Quickly!
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177. Keep still!
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178. - Are you all right?
- Of course.
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179. That was a good idea of yours, Blackberry.
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180. Yes. Let's try to remember it.
Might come in handy again.
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181. - Does anyone know where we're going?
- Hazel does, I'm sure.
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182. I've never seen anything like that before.
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183. - The man-thing killed it.
- A man-thing?
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184. A hrududu. It runs on it.
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185. - The what?
- The hrududu.
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186. - It runs on it?
- Yeah, faster than we can.
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187. - It's dangerous, then. It could catch us.
- No, no.
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188. It won't take any notice of us at all.
I'll show you.
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189. Watch this.
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190. See? It's not interested.
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191. What are you waiting for?
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192. Well? Come along, then.
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193. They need to rest, Hazel.
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194. Something up ahead.
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195. A warm, friendly burrow, perhaps?
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196. No, not a burrow. A field.
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197. A great field of scented plants
that will cover us until we're rested.
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198. You're beginning to
sound like a chief, Hazel.
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199. - Hazel-rah.
- Hazel-rah?
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200. That'll be the day I call him chief, that will.
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201. Violet's gone.
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202. We'd better keep moving.
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203. We'll have to stop soon, Hazel.
They're frightened and tired.
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204. Over there. We'll rest there.
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205. Can't rest there. That's a man-place.
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206. There are no men there now.
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207. It looks all right.
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208. What's happening back home, I wonder.
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209. Think, when we lived in our own burrows:
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210. Dry, soft, warm bodies.
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211. - Now, look, we can't go on like this.
- It gets worse and worse the further we go.
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212. Where are we going?
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213. It won't be much longer.
Then we can all rest.
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214. - How much longer?
- We never should have left.
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215. - Suppose Fiver's all wrong?
- We want to go back and find out.
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216. Go back? After all we've been through?
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217. And probably get killed for wounding
Captain Holly, an Owsla officer?
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218. - Talk sense, for Frith's sake.
- We must go on, until we reach the hills.
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219. Those that go back will not...
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220. Not safe...
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221. I don't believe you know
where you're going.
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222. Now, listen to me,
you bunch of mole-snouted, muckraking...
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223. It looks like you've come a long way.
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224. Do you live here?
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225. Yes, this is our warren.
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226. We need to stay here for a while.
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227. Why not? We supposed you would.
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228. But I don't think there are enough of you
to live very comfortably on your own.
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229. There are enough of us
to protect ourselves.
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230. Don't get upset.
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231. Who are you? What do you want?
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232. My name is Cowslip,
and I don't want anything.
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233. Yeah, what about the others?
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234. We have plenty of empty burrows,
if that's what you mean.
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235. And now, if you'll excuse me,
I hate the rain.
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236. Funny smell.
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237. We ought to have nothing to do
with that Cowslip, or his warren.
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238. It might be drier in there.
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239. Whatever will he think of us
if we don't go in?
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240. - I'll tell you. He'll think we're afraid.
- Afraid? Who's afraid?
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241. He seemed friendly enough.
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242. What has he got to gain
by asking us to join him?
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243. We can't sit out here like fools.
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244. Well, come along then.
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245. They think I'm mad,
but you know I'm not...
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246. and you still won't listen.
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247. Hazel?
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248. Come along, Fiver.
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249. There's that smell again.
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250. It's almost like man.
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251. Oh, it's you, is it? How nice.
I'm so glad you've come.
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252. This is rather a big warren.
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253. Yes. Please, help yourself to flayrah.
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254. There are fresh roots here daily.
The man throws it up.
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255. Man? What man?
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256. A lot of the burrows are lying empty,
you know...
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257. so you're all welcome
to any that you choose.
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258. Where are all the others?
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259. Please, eat all you like.
We'll leave you to your...
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260. Where are they all?
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261. Where? Try asking Cowslip
"where" anything.
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262. They seem sad.
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263. Like trees in November.
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264. Well, I still think we've made
a big change for the better.
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265. Do you think the man puts the food
out there because of a kind heart?
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266. It's not poison.
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267. There's something unnatural
and evil and twisted about this place.
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268. It feels like mist.
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269. Like being deceived, and losing our way.
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270. Some of us are gathering
and suggesting stories.
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271. - We're hoping you'll tell one.
- Hazel can tell you about our adventures.
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272. How we had the good luck to join you.
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273. Surely, there's no harm in that.
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274. Dandelion, why don't you tell us
the story of El-ahrairah?
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275. El-ahrairah and his trickery don't really
mean very much to us, charming as it is.
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276. Rabbits will always need tricks.
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277. No, we need dignity,
and above all, the will to accept our fate.
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278. As one of our poets is fond of saying,
if I may quote...
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279. - Yes, of course.
- Please, do.
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280. "Where are you going, stream?
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281. "Far, far away.
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282. "Take me with you, stream.
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283. "Take me on your dark journey.
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284. "Lord Frith, take me far away,
to the hearts of light.
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285. "The silence. I give you my breath.
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286. - "My life. The silence."
- I've had enough!
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287. - Where are you going?
- Away, to the hills.
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288. By yourself, alone? You'll die.
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289. - You're closer to death than I.
- Determined to ruin it for us, aren't you?
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290. No!
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291. Me, me, me. All the time.
"But, I'm in a mist."
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292. - Bigwig!
- "Everything's burnt!"
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293. - No!
- "I've a funny feeling in my toe."
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294. - No, no!
- I'm finished with you.
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295. What's more,
I'm going to make sure everyone else is.
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296. Bigwig, listen. You're in a snare. A snare.
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297. Now, what did they tell you
in Owsla? Think.
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298. No good biting wire.
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299. Run to the warren and get the others.
Blackberry, Silver and Cowslip.
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300. Be quick. He'll die.
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301. Blackberry! Dandelion! Come quickly!
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302. Come on. Hurry up. It's Bigwig.
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303. He's still breathing. What can we do?
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304. - We've got to loosen the wire somehow.
- Yes, but how?
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305. - Is Cowslip coming? Maybe he knows.
- He wouldn't come.
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306. - He told me to stop talking about it.
- He told you what?
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307. This is it. The wire's on a peg.
We've got to dig it out.
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308. The peg's narrower down there. It tapers.
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309. I can't get my teeth into it.
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310. Pipkin, you go in.
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311. The splinters prick you.
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312. It's hard to breathe.
The peg's nearly through.
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313. Fiver, you go in.
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314. I can't hear him breathing.
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315. It's broken in two. It's free.
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316. Bigwig, the peg's out. You're free.
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317. I think he's gone.
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318. We've got you out, Bigwig.
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319. You're free.
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320. - Bigwig, please don't die.
- It's no use.
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321. We got you out.
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322. What shall we do without him?
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323. "My heart has joined the thousand,
for my friend stopped running today."
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324. You pay for it. The food, the warren. But
no one must ever ask where anyone was...
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325. or speak of the wires.
The whole place is snared, everywhere.
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326. - They left Bigwig to die.
- Silver's right.
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327. Let's drive them out,
take their warren and live there ourselves.
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328. - Yes.
- Back to the warren.
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329. - Back to the warren.
- Embleer Frith, you fools!
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330. That warren's nothing but a death hole.
Yes, let's help ourselves to a roof of bones.
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331. Who killed them?
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332. Bigwig! You're alive!
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333. - Are you all right?
- We thought you were dead.
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334. - Let him alone. Let him rest.
- I don't have to rest.
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335. - What do we do now, Fiver?
- Go away from here.
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336. Look. Look.
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337. That's the place for us. High, lonely hills...
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338. where the wind and the sound carry,
and the ground's as dry as straw in a barn.
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339. That's where we ought to be.
That's where we have to get to.
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340. Pipkin.
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341. Pipkin.
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342. Pipkin!
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343. Why don't we go
and look around the farm?
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344. Farm, Hazel? What for?
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345. - Cats and dogs.
- I've got a little plan.
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346. - Will it be dangerous?
- Of course not.
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347. - Is it safe?
- Of course.
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348. - Let's all go.
- No.
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349. Just you and me.
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350. I think I see a dog.
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351. Where? It's tied up.
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352. Give it a wide berth. We don't want it
to wake up the whole farm.
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353. This is the BBC Home Service.
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354. They are up. Hazel?
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355. - Let's go back.
- Just a little further.
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356. Rabbits. So, that's your secret plan.
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357. I'm going inside to take a look around.
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358. Is it safe in there?
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359. Of course. You wait here.
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360. - But if you see a cat...
- A cat?
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361. - You will let me know at once, all right?
- Right.
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362. I'm Hazel.
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363. Hazel.
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364. My name's Clover.
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365. - Where do you come from?
- Far away.
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366. My friends and I live as we please.
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367. We eat grass, lie in the sun.
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368. - Do you ever get out?
- Oh, yes.
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369. Sometimes, a child takes us
out on the grass.
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370. - Would you like to join us?
- Join you? But how?
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371. How can we join you?
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372. Hazel! There's a cat outside.
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373. I must go back to my friends.
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374. But we'll be back, and any of you
who wish can come along with us.
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375. - Where is it?
- There. I think it smelt us.
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376. - I'll get you away.
- Thank you.
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377. - Just follow me closely.
- Yes.
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378. - And run when I do.
- Run when you do.
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379. You look hungry.
Rats getting too clever, I suppose.
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380. I bet you can't run at all.
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381. You pie-eyed, sauce-licking scrap-scraper.
Can you run?
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382. You'll see.
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383. I think not.
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384. What's all that, then?
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385. Tab? Tab!
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386. Let them alone. Cruel thing.
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387. What is it?
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388. There's something coming up
the line of the hedge.
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389. - Can you see it?
- I hear it. It's something big.
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390. - A cat?
- I don't know.
Copy !req
391. Bigwig!
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392. Quiet. I want to listen.
Copy !req
393. Bigwig!
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394. Bigwig!
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395. It's the Black Rabbit of Inlè!
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396. Don't talk like that.
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397. We go by the will of the Black Rabbit.
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398. - When he calls you, you have to go.
- Stay where you are.
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399. - Who's there?
- All dead!
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400. All gone!
Copy !req
401. It's Captain Holly!
Copy !req
402. - Holly, it's me, Bigwig.
- I found you.
Copy !req
403. I found you.
Copy !req
404. He's been hurt.
Look at that wound on his shoulder.
Copy !req
405. I remember you.
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406. - You're the one that saw it coming.
- But what happened?
Copy !req
407. Our warren, destroyed.
Copy !req
408. Destroyed? How?
Copy !req
409. Men came. Filled in the burrows.
Copy !req
410. Couldn't get out.
Copy !req
411. There was a strange sound.
Copy !req
412. You see, the air turned bad.
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413. Runs blocked with dead bodies.
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414. I couldn't get out.
Copy !req
415. Everything turned mad.
Copy !req
416. Warren, herbs, roots, grass...
Copy !req
417. all pushed into the earth.
Copy !req
418. - Men have always hated us.
- No.
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419. They just destroyed the warren
because we were in their way.
Copy !req
420. They'll never rest
until they've spoiled the earth.
Copy !req
421. I tried to find you.
Copy !req
422. I wandered for days.
Copy !req
423. The Efrafans wouldn't let me go.
Copy !req
424. They ripped my ear.
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425. Ripped it.
Copy !req
426. I tried to find you.
Copy !req
427. Efrafans? What's he talking about?
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428. - Holly.
- Let him be.
Copy !req
429. He's had a bad time.
Copy !req
430. He can tell us about it when he's rested.
Copy !req
431. A young doe has a request, sire.
Copy !req
432. A doe wants to see me?
Copy !req
433. Says she represents a group, sire.
Copy !req
434. I see.
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435. - Your name?
- Hyzenthlay, sir.
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436. Don't be frightened. You're safe here.
Copy !req
437. Get on with it!
Copy !req
438. Sir, several of us proposed
an expedition to start...
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439. a new warren somewhere else.
Copy !req
440. - A new warren? Out of the question.
- But, you don't understand.
Copy !req
441. The system is breaking down.
Copy !req
442. Explain that.
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443. We can't produce litters.
We're overcrowded.
Copy !req
444. I want no further discussion.
Copy !req
445. - We'll go as far as you like.
- Here or anywhere else.
Copy !req
446. Thank you, sir.
Copy !req
447. Campion, have her watched.
Copy !req
448. That's it, Hazel.
That's where we have to be.
Copy !req
449. Let me get this straight, Fiver.
Copy !req
450. - You want us to climb this, is that it?
- Yes!
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451. Come on, Pipkin!
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452. Come and look.
You can see the whole world!
Copy !req
453. I found a burrow, Hazel.
Under that beech hanger.
Copy !req
454. With a great hall
and no smell of death or disease.
Copy !req
455. Frith on the hills!
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456. He made it all for us!
Copy !req
457. Frith may have made it, but Fiver found it.
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458. - I've never seen anything like it.
- It's some kind of a bird.
Copy !req
459. Are you hurt?
Copy !req
460. Bigwig, I've got an idea.
Copy !req
461. - See if you can find some worms.
- Worms? Me, dig for worms?
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462. What for, for Frith's sake?
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463. I get up plenty soon.
Copy !req
464. - He's hurt and we want to help him.
- A bird? What for?
Copy !req
465. We help you.
Copy !req
466. Piss off!
Copy !req
467. What for help me?
Copy !req
468. What happened to you?
Copy !req
469. Damn cat jump me, farm cat.
Copy !req
470. We know her.
Copy !req
471. We take you to burrow.
Copy !req
472. Go away. Wing no good,
but I walk plenty good.
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473. - Is long way?
- Where you come from?
Copy !req
474. From big water.
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475. My home by big water.
Copy !req
476. We go.
Copy !req
477. I thought everything would be fine
once we got here, but it's not.
Copy !req
478. Because now we've got here,
I find it's not that simple.
Copy !req
479. What do you mean?
This place is as safe as Fiver said it was.
Copy !req
480. I think we've done very well for ourselves.
Copy !req
481. - But we don't have any does.
- Does?
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482. Does.
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483. Not one, and that means no kittens.
Copy !req
484. - And after we're gone, no warren.
- So that's why you went to that farm.
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485. I thought we'd be able to get
some hutch rabbits to join us.
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486. What's to be done then, Hazel?
Set off again?
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487. And where?
Copy !req
488. There's not been a sniff
of another rabbit since we got here.
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489. The bird, Kehaar.
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490. We'll get the bird to search for us.
Copy !req
491. What home? This hole?
Copy !req
492. Where are mates? Where are chicks?
Copy !req
493. Mate make eggs, mate sit on eggs...
Copy !req
494. hatch eggs, many eggs. We feed chick.
Copy !req
495. Egg robbers come, we fight.
Copy !req
496. You stupid bunnies!
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497. You got no mates!
Copy !req
498. Where are mates?
Copy !req
499. Where are chicks?
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500. Plenty trouble for you.
Copy !req
501. You need mates!
Copy !req
502. It's working, Hazel.
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503. You got no brains. You no plan.
You need mate for plan.
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504. Listen.
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505. I got plan for you.
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506. Wing better, I go fly.
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507. Fly for you.
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508. I find mates.
Copy !req
509. What a splendid idea, Kehaar!
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510. How clever of you to think of it.
You very fine bird.
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511. When will you be able to fly?
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512. I fly any time. Stand back.
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513. When I fly... Stand back.
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514. I need room.
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515. Wings good.
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516. Feathers clean.
Copy !req
517. I soar!
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518. I glide!
Copy !req
519. I circle.
Copy !req
520. Then, I soar!
Copy !req
521. Bigwig said you couldn't
make a friend out of him.
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522. - He's probably gone back to that big water.
- I think you're right.
Copy !req
523. Blackberry, I want you to get Dandelion...
Copy !req
524. and meet me here
after the others are asleep.
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525. - It's no good asking you not to go.
- It'll be perfectly safe, Fiver.
Copy !req
526. I'll take the greatest care.
Copy !req
527. Clover.
Copy !req
528. Clover!
Copy !req
529. Who's that?
Copy !req
530. It's me. We're back.
Copy !req
531. Hazel.
Copy !req
532. - What are you doing up there?
- I've come to let you out.
Copy !req
533. Will you come with us?
Copy !req
534. - We're all right here.
- Yes.
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535. Good.
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536. Come on.
Copy !req
537. Come on, move.
Copy !req
538. - Lucy's rabbits are out, look.
- Let's get them in, quick.
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539. There's a wild rabbit, look.
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540. There he goes.
Copy !req
541. Keep the torch on them.
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542. I don't know, John,
whether you hit it or not.
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543. - I reckon he's in those nettles.
- Have a look, then.
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544. I hit him, all right.
That's blood down there, see?
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545. I don't see him, my boy.
He might be a ways off.
Copy !req
546. I reckon you've lost him.
Copy !req
547. No, we ain't.
Copy !req
548. Fiver, there's been some trouble.
Copy !req
549. Hazel's been shot.
Copy !req
550. No.
Copy !req
551. The Black Rabbit serves Lord Frith...
Copy !req
552. but he does no more
than his appointed task.
Copy !req
553. Hazel's not dead.
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554. Perfect landing.
Copy !req
555. Hazel's been wounded.
The farm man shot him.
Copy !req
556. Come on, follow me.
Copy !req
557. Come on!
Copy !req
558. - You get black stones out?
- What do you mean?
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559. Always with gun is coming
little black stones.
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560. You never see?
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561. Take out black stones, he get better.
Copy !req
562. Let me see leg.
Copy !req
563. Many stones.
Copy !req
564. Did you find anything on your flight?
Copy !req
565. - Efrafa.
- Can you guide us there?
Copy !req
566. Many rabbits.
Copy !req
567. Too many rabbits.
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568. We wouldn't be enough
to fight one of their patrols.
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569. What do you mean?
Copy !req
570. You see this? They did it to me.
Copy !req
571. It's an identification mark.
Tells you when you can be above ground.
Copy !req
572. - What do you mean? Who's to stop you?
- Their Owsla.
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573. Their chief is called Woundwort.
General Woundwort.
Copy !req
574. I don't think even you would
match up to him, Bigwig.
Copy !req
575. Under him are captains,
each one in charge of a mark.
Copy !req
576. If you're found above ground
at the wrong time...
Copy !req
577. they take you before the council
for punishment.
Copy !req
578. Some of them must get away.
Copy !req
579. They caught one trying to run away
when I was there.
Copy !req
580. Blackavar was his name.
Copy !req
581. When they'd finished with him,
both his ears were ripped to shreds...
Copy !req
582. worse than this one of mine.
Copy !req
583. He was lucky not to have been killed.
There was another one, a doe, Hyzenthlay.
Copy !req
584. I couldn't have escaped without her help.
Copy !req
585. She wouldn't go without the others.
Copy !req
586. Then some might be persuaded to leave?
Copy !req
587. Yes, but you'd never get them
out of Efrafa.
Copy !req
588. You got out.
Copy !req
589. Only because Lord Frith
sent one of his great messengers.
Copy !req
590. I didn't see what happened to them.
Copy !req
591. It must have cut them down.
Copy !req
592. It's not going to be easy,
but we don't have much choice.
Copy !req
593. - We'll start off as soon as I'm fit to travel.
- I don't like this idea of yours at all.
Copy !req
594. Holly, I want you to stay here.
Copy !req
595. You're known to them
and it could be dangerous for you.
Copy !req
596. I've been in Efrafa, and I tell you
you're making a bad mistake...
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597. that might very well get you all killed.
Copy !req
598. There's a homba.
Copy !req
599. No one move. Keep still, all of you.
Copy !req
600. - What's he up to?
- Trying to draw it off, I suppose.
Copy !req
601. Frith and Inlè!
Copy !req
602. Come on, let's get out of here.
Copy !req
603. Come on, hurry!
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604. - How? Aren't you wounded?
- No. Let's go!
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605. - What was that all about?
- I just lost my head, Hazel.
Copy !req
606. I've been strung up all day,
thinking about Efrafa.
Copy !req
607. Anyway, I feel a lot better now.
Copy !req
608. Why did you cry out, if you're all right?
Copy !req
609. I didn't. I just stopped,
got ready to run really fast...
Copy !req
610. when I bumped into
a group of rabbits, face to face.
Copy !req
611. I tried to warn them about the homba,
but all they did was try to stop me.
Copy !req
612. One of them said, "You stay here."
Copy !req
613. So I knocked him down, I had to,
and raced off.
Copy !req
614. - Next thing I heard was this squeal.
- So the homba got the other rabbit?
Copy !req
615. He must have.
After all, I led them right into it.
Copy !req
616. But I never saw what happened.
Copy !req
617. It's not to rest here, they come.
Copy !req
618. A patrol?
Copy !req
619. Yeah, is coming for find you, is go!
Copy !req
620. You go to river, ten days I find you.
Copy !req
621. All of you, under that bridge
unless you want your ears chewed off.
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622. Yeah, come along.
Copy !req
623. By other side iron road.
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624. I think maybe they no like
for go across iron road.
Copy !req
625. Hazel, you go on.
This may be my chance to get into Efrafa.
Copy !req
626. But it's too...
Copy !req
627. All right, take care.
Copy !req
628. Now, Kehaar will meet you tomorrow,
in that kale field.
Copy !req
629. Tell him what you've worked out.
Copy !req
630. Mr. Hazel, what wait for?
Copy !req
631. He's right, Hazel, you must go now.
Copy !req
632. We'll go down to the river and wait there
for you to tell us what to do.
Copy !req
633. I want you to find some way
to keep them from following us.
Copy !req
634. Go on now, before we're all caught!
Copy !req
635. It's a wide patrol. Be careful, Hyzenthlay.
Copy !req
636. Sir, we've picked up this hlessi
and brought him in.
Copy !req
637. - Who are you?
- My name is Bigwig.
Copy !req
638. "Bigwig, sir!"
Copy !req
639. - What were you doing?
- I've come to join Efrafa.
Copy !req
640. - Why?
- Surprised you ask...
Copy !req
641. sir.
Copy !req
642. Is there anything odd
about wanting to join?
Copy !req
643. I'll ask the questions. What can you do?
Copy !req
644. I can run and fight.
Copy !req
645. - Fight, can you?
- I've been an officer in an Owsla.
Copy !req
646. So, you came to join us.
Copy !req
647. I thought you might have some use for me.
Copy !req
648. Well, for the time being,
you'll be assigned a post in the patrol.
Copy !req
649. You'll take orders from Captain Campion.
Copy !req
650. If you want a doe,
you have your choice here.
Copy !req
651. You're not an officer for nothing.
Copy !req
652. Thank you, sir.
Copy !req
653. You'll be identified by your mark.
Copy !req
654. Those Efrafans will be fast and savage.
Copy !req
655. I need to find a way
to get away from them.
Copy !req
656. If what Holly says is true,
we couldn't possibly stand and fight them.
Copy !req
657. Then we'll have to find another way.
Copy !req
658. What on earth is that, Kehaar?
Copy !req
659. Him fish.
Copy !req
660. Hazel, come and look at this.
Copy !req
661. What is it?
Copy !req
662. Is boat. Man make them go on water.
Copy !req
663. It floats, Hazel.
Copy !req
664. It floats.
Copy !req
665. Aren't you going to silflay?
Copy !req
666. I don't silflay at this time, sir.
Copy !req
667. Tell him why you're here, Blackavar.
Copy !req
668. Come here for the mark to...
Copy !req
669. I come here for the mark to see me...
Copy !req
670. how I've been punished
for trying to leave the warren.
Copy !req
671. The council were merciful.
Copy !req
672. He keeps trying to run away.
Copy !req
673. Captain Campion caught him this time.
Copy !req
674. His ears were ripped
and he is to show himself...
Copy !req
675. at every morning and evening silflay
as an example to the others.
Copy !req
676. If you ask me, he won't last much longer.
Copy !req
677. He'll meet a blacker rabbit
than himself one of these nights.
Copy !req
678. That doe over there, what's her name?
Copy !req
679. Fancy her, do you?
Copy !req
680. She's called Hyzenthlay,
but look elsewhere, she's a troublemaker.
Copy !req
681. The council's got their eye on her.
Copy !req
682. You go now, talk to Bigwig.
Copy !req
683. Yeah, I go talk to Mr. Bigwig.
Copy !req
684. He'll be in field by arch on the iron road.
Go find him.
Copy !req
685. By the iron road? Yeah, I go and find him.
Copy !req
686. He'll tell you the plan.
Copy !req
687. He tell me the plan? I know the plan!
Copy !req
688. Now don't attract attention.
Copy !req
689. Of course not, of course not.
Copy !req
690. I be quiet. I be clever.
Copy !req
691. They no see me. Kehaar, Kehaar.
Copy !req
692. You wait here.
Copy !req
693. - Hyzenthlay.
- Sir?
Copy !req
694. I want to talk with you.
Copy !req
695. I am in the mark
and under your orders, sir.
Copy !req
696. Do you remember a pale gray rabbit
called Holly, you helped escape?
Copy !req
697. - You've made a mistake, sir.
- Listen, Hyzenthlay, listen carefully.
Copy !req
698. I'm from a warren where life is free,
where you can live as you wish.
Copy !req
699. I've come to bring you out of Efrafa,
as many as will come.
Copy !req
700. You might be a spy, sent by the council.
Copy !req
701. You know I'm not.
Copy !req
702. Will you join us,
and persuade your friends, as well?
Copy !req
703. Trust me. My friends are not far away.
Copy !req
704. My courage,
my spirit is so much less than it was.
Copy !req
705. We can escape from Efrafa, believe me.
Copy !req
706. Yes.
Copy !req
707. I think I do.
Copy !req
708. - Listen carefully.
- Yeah!
Copy !req
709. We're ready. We leave at sunset.
Copy !req
710. Ready good!
Copy !req
711. There will be lots of us.
We'll meet you at the iron bridge.
Copy !req
712. - When?
- Sunset.
Copy !req
713. Good! Good. Sunset.
Copy !req
714. Then you must guide us to the river.
Copy !req
715. - Plenty good trick.
- Trick, what trick?
Copy !req
716. Listen, if you see a patrol following us
you must drive them away, terrify them.
Copy !req
717. Yeah, I fly at them.
Copy !req
718. Sunset.
Copy !req
719. You plenty good fellow.
Copy !req
720. It's set.
Copy !req
721. When?
Copy !req
722. Get them to the near hind mark at sunset,
just before early silflay.
Copy !req
723. - Suppose something happens?
- Nothing will happen. We can do it.
Copy !req
724. Yes.
Copy !req
725. I think we can.
Copy !req
726. Sometimes I can tell when things are true.
Copy !req
727. Sometimes I can see it.
Copy !req
728. A high down with trees in it.
Copy !req
729. I've become foolish.
Copy !req
730. You'll have to meet this friend of mine.
He talks just like that.
Copy !req
731. We'll be ready.
Copy !req
732. Sunset, then. And a bird will fight for us.
Copy !req
733. - A bird?
- Even Woundwort won't expect that.
Copy !req
734. Bigwig!
Copy !req
735. That white bird
you were talking to this morning...
Copy !req
736. - Talking to, sir?
- You were very close to it. Why?
Copy !req
737. Well, I've never been hurt by a bird.
Copy !req
738. That's not what I asked.
Copy !req
739. To tell you the truth, sir,
I think I was trying to impress you.
Copy !req
740. In future, stay in your own mark.
Copy !req
741. Sir.
Copy !req
742. One more thing:
What do you know about a homba?
Copy !req
743. - A homba, sir?
- You led it onto some rabbits?
Copy !req
744. I didn't intend to.
I didn't know they were there.
Copy !req
745. You didn't report it.
Copy !req
746. Everything out of the ordinary
is to be reported.
Copy !req
747. I didn't know running from a homba
was out of the ordinary.
Copy !req
748. That was a patrol
on the track of a band of strangers.
Copy !req
749. Do you know anything about them?
Copy !req
750. I saw some tracks,
but I can't tell you anymore than that, sir.
Copy !req
751. I'm taking out a wide patrol tomorrow.
Copy !req
752. We'll cross the iron road
and try to pick up their tracks.
Copy !req
753. I want you to come along.
Copy !req
754. Yes, sir.
Copy !req
755. Campion, follow him.
Copy !req
756. Don't let him out of your sight.
Copy !req
757. I've been told to tell you early silflay
has been canceled this evening.
Copy !req
758. No one told me anything about it.
Copy !req
759. Have a look over there and you'll see why.
Copy !req
760. Now, Blackavar.
Copy !req
761. The new officer, sir, he's gone.
Copy !req
762. Bigwig?
Copy !req
763. He's wounded Sherbil
and taken a crowd of the mark with him.
Copy !req
764. I'll blind him. I'll blind him!
Copy !req
765. - Bigwig, where's the bird?
- He'll be here.
Copy !req
766. He'd better!
Copy !req
767. Where is that bird?
Copy !req
768. What I am doing here?
I am wait for long time.
Copy !req
769. Is no sunset. Is no good here.
Copy !req
770. Where are they?
They should be here by now.
Copy !req
771. Silver, go up to the iron bridge
and see if you can find them.
Copy !req
772. They're coming.
Copy !req
773. Bigwig, the general!
Copy !req
774. What will we do?
Copy !req
775. It nearly came off.
Copy !req
776. We'll take one or two of them with us
before it's finished.
Copy !req
777. Bigwig?
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778. You traitors!
Copy !req
779. Campion, get this miserable group
back to their marks.
Copy !req
780. I'll settle with you myself, Bigwig.
Copy !req
781. No need to take you back.
Copy !req
782. Come on and try,
you crack-brained slave driver.
Copy !req
783. Kehaar!
Copy !req
784. Get away, blast you!
Copy !req
785. Get away, you damned white bird!
Copy !req
786. Straight ahead, to the river.
Copy !req
787. Keep going, it's a friend.
Copy !req
788. - You did it, Bigwig. You did it.
- I did, didn't I?
Copy !req
789. It's not over yet.
Copy !req
790. They gone.
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791. Keep going, down to the river.
Copy !req
792. - The general's behind me.
- Where do we go, Hazel?
Copy !req
793. I trusted you, Bigwig.
Copy !req
794. You can trust me now.
Copy !req
795. You'll either go into the river
or be torn to pieces.
Copy !req
796. There's nowhere left to run.
Copy !req
797. Campion, Lily...
Copy !req
798. when I give the word,
we go straight into them.
Copy !req
799. - That bird can't save you now.
- There it is!
Copy !req
800. What you do now?
Copy !req
801. We're going back to our warren, Kehaar.
Copy !req
802. Good. You go, I go.
Copy !req
803. Is finish here for me.
Copy !req
804. - I go to big water!
- Take care of that wing.
Copy !req
805. Is winter plenty cold, then I come back.
Copy !req
806. Come back anytime.
And thank you, Kehaar.
Copy !req
807. Big water!
Copy !req
808. Get the holes filled in.
Copy !req
809. Everyone underground.
Copy !req
810. - What's the matter?
- The general.
Copy !req
811. - Where?
- The wood behind us.
Copy !req
812. - It's full of Efrafans.
- I'm not going back.
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813. - Maybe we ought to leave.
- Anyone who wants to can go.
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814. We went through a lot to get here,
and I'm not leaving now.
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815. Neither am I.
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816. If I'm for the Black Rabbit,
one or two from Efrafa will come with me.
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817. We'll fill in the holes deep.
They'll have to dig us out.
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818. They can't be out there long
without attracting elil.
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819. - The Efrafans will never give up.
- Maybe we should leave.
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820. We're staying.
But there may be a better way.
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821. - Let me come with you.
- No, they know you too well.
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822. I'll go alone. Now, get those holes filled in.
I won't be long.
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823. They'll take us back to Efrafa.
Their Owsla will.
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824. Listen, we're not finished yet,
not by a long shot.
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825. You were one of those on the riverbank.
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826. Did Bigwig send you?
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827. I'm a friend of Bigwig's.
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828. What was left unfinished
on the riverbank will be finished now.
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829. It would be better for both of us
if we could come to terms.
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830. Terms?
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831. Very well.
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832. These are my terms.
Hand over all the deserters immediately.
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833. We couldn't agree to that.
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834. But I can suggest something better,
for both of us.
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835. - You're in no position to bargain.
- We shouldn't be fighting each other.
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836. We have enough enemies as it is.
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837. Perhaps we should be together.
A joining of free, independent warrens.
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838. I have no time for this nonsense.
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839. - Shall I kill him, sir?
- No.
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840. You take back our terms.
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841. And you tell your chief, Bigwig,
that if he and Hyzenthlay...
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842. and the others aren't waiting outside
when I come for them...
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843. I'll tear out every throat in the place.
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844. Do you remember the rats in the barn?
We got out of that, all right.
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845. Yes, we did. We got out of that, all right.
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846. They're into the beech roots.
Start at this end.
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847. - How cold!
- What is it? Are you all right?
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848. I've tried to listen, only I can't hear it.
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849. I'm going away, Hazel. I'm floating.
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850. - Cold, how...
- Fiver. Fiver.
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851. - Can you hear me?
- Listen.
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852. They have something down there
that's strange.
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853. Get out, get out!
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854. They had a great bird
that turned into a shaft of lightning.
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855. And there was another creature
that took them away down the river.
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856. - Here, I reckon we ought to go back home.
- Who said that?
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857. - Nobody, sir.
- You were put there to dig. Get back to it.
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858. Great Frith, stop him, Hazel.
The others are going tharn.
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859. Wake up. Fiver, wake up.
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860. There's a dog loose in the wood.
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861. There's a dog loose in the wood.
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862. "We need to cross
because there's a dog loose in the wood."
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863. "There's a dog loose in the wood."
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864. Bigwig, I need runners.
Dandelion, Blackberry.
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865. Hyzenthlay can run.
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866. Good. We've hardly any time.
I've got a plan.
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867. If it works,
it will finish Woundwort for good.
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868. When we're gone, block this run
and get everyone back behind the wall.
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869. Hold them off as long as you can.
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870. - Don't give in to them.
- Where are you going?
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871. El-ahrairah will show me what to do.
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872. Let them go.
It's their chief, Bigwig, I'm after.
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873. Find their chief!
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874. Hyzenthlay, you hide here.
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875. When the time comes,
get back to the warren.
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876. - It will all depend on you.
- I'll be ready.
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877. Lord Frith,
I know you've looked after us well...
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878. and it's wrong to ask even more of you...
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879. but my people are in terrible danger.
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880. So, I'd like to make a bargain with you:
My life in return for theirs.
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881. There is not a day or night
that a doe offers her life for her kittens...
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882. or some honest captain of Owsla,
his life for his chief.
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883. But there is no bargain.
What is, is what must be.
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884. Blackberry, this is where we leave you.
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885. Stay close and don't move.
Don't break too soon.
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886. - Are you clear what's to be done?
- Yes.
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887. You lie in the grass,
just there, opposite him.
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888. If we meet again, Hazel-rah...
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889. we'll have the makings
of the best story ever.
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890. And you'll be the one to tell it.
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891. Can you run?
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892. I think not.
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893. I think not.
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894. Tab! Tab!
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895. I told you once,
I was trying to impress you.
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896. I hope I have.
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897. And I told you that I would kill you myself.
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898. There's no white bird here, Bigwig.
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899. Why throw your life away?
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900. Hraka, sir.
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901. Come out.
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902. My chief's told me to defend this run.
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903. Your chief?
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904. Run! Run for your lives!
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905. Come back! Come back, you fools!
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906. Come back and fight!
Dogs aren't dangerous!
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907. General Woundwort's body
was never found.
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908. It could be that he still lives his fierce life
somewhere else.
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909. But from that day on,
mother rabbits would tell their kittens...
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910. that if they did not do
as they were told...
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911. the General would get them.
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912. Such was Woundwort's monument.
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913. Perhaps it would not have displeased him.
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914. El-ahrairah knew, then,
that Frith was his friend.
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915. Every evening,
when Frith has done his day's work...
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916. and lies calm and easy in the red sky...
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917. El-ahrairah and his children,
and his children's children...
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918. come out of their holes
and feed and play in his sight.
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919. For they are his friends,
and he has promised...
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920. Hazel.
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921. That they can never be destroyed.
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922. Hazel.
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923. - You know me, don't you?
- I don't.
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924. Yes, my Lord.
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925. I know you.
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926. I've come to ask
if you would like to join my Owsla.
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927. We shall be glad to have you,
and I know you'd like it.
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928. You've been feeling tired, haven't you?
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929. If you're ready, we might go along now.
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930. You needn't worry about them.
They'll be all right...
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931. and thousands like them.
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932. If you'll come along,
I'll show you what I mean.
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933. "All the world will be your enemy,
Prince with a Thousand Enemies.
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934. "Whenever they catch you,
they will kill you.
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935. "But first, they must catch you...
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936. "... digger, listener, runner.
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937. "Prince with the swift warren.
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938. "Be cunning...
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939. "... and your people
will never be destroyed."
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