Watership Down/Haiku

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Hazel look, the field!
The field is covered with blood
It's all around us.

—Watership Down/Characters, Fiver

My heart has joined the
Thousand, for my friend Bigwig
Stopped running today

—Watership Down/Characters, Hazel

Hoi, hoi, u embleer[1]
Hrair, elil M'saion[2]
ulé hraka vair. ....[3]

—Watership Down/Characters, Bigwig

Take me with you, stream
I'll be rabbit-of-the-stream
Down into the depths

—Watership Down/Characters, Silverweed

"Fools! Come back and fight!"
..They Never Found the Body
"Dogs aren't dangerous!"

—Berr

Bunnies are so cute
Especially bloodstained
Cue childhood trauma

—Freezair For A Limited Time

But all I wanted
Was a movie about some
Cute little bunnies

—Mister Pollock

Cute bunnies travel
Guided by a Waif Prophet
Do not give to kids

—Happy Duck

Can creatures have angst?
Richard Adams also wrote
the strange The Plague Dogs.

—Shukmeister

Watched scary movie
About rabbits. Can't sleep now,
bunnies will eat me

—Tranquility

Come back you cowards!
Rabbits are not dangerous
Come back here and fight!

—Earthice 224



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  1. (Hoi, hoi, the stinking)
  2. (Thousand, we meet them even)
  3. (When we take a shit.)