There are a few books that I'll be reading to my kids from the first
day they open their eyes. One is The Hobbit. Another is Wind in the Willows. But first among these books will be the modern fairy tale of Watership Down.

The book opens with two rabbits, Hazel and his younger brother Fiver, looking for a patch of clover outside of their warren. After being chased away from the good feeding grounds by the larger, older rabbits, the two wander near a field. There Fiver has a powerful premonition that the entire warren is going to be destroyed.