Keeping order around the warren was getting to be a problem for
Cowslip. Back when the snares were all over the warren, there were few
rabbits so there was really no need for any order. But now with the size of
the warren, there were many fights over entirely useless things. Since he
had no idea what to do, Cowslip consulted Silverweed, the smartest rabbit
in the warren, on it.
"I think I might have a couple suggestions," Silverweed told Cowslip when he cornered him and told him about the problem. "And they are." Cowslip snapped back at him. Cowslip was getting very tired of the fights over nothing. Just two days ago a rabbit had gotten killed in a fight for an empty burrow. The sad part was that there was another one exactly like it about a yard away. "We could try to start an Owsla. or maybe we can send some of the more reckless ones to found a new warren," Silverweed said anxiously. He wasn't in the mood at the moment to have Cowslip on him like a dog for what Silverweed considered to be a really easy problem to deal with. Cowslip broke his thoughts with his response. "Well I suppose we could try starting up an Owsla, but sending a bunch of them into the forest would be like sending them into a pit full of starved foxes." "Okay so starting up an Owsla it is," Silverweed said, "so what should I do at the moment." "Go look at some of our rabbits and bring me the ones that will keep order, not prevent it. In the meantime I'll go and talk to Winters Wrath about it. Go on, get going." And with that Cowslip took off leaving Silverweed alone. Silverweed just rolled his eyes and set about on his new task.
Winters Wrath was the biggest doe in the warren. She could also fight pretty well also. Just a week before she had killed a stoat that kept coming back to the warren again and again. She sat calmly in her burrow with her mate Hawkweed when Cowslip approached.
"What do you want Cowslip-rah," Winters Wrath asked him soothingly as he approached the burrow. "I want to talk to you about the whole order problem. You see, I have a solu." " You want to start an Owsla," Hawkweed cut in., "Silverweed told me already. He also told me to meet him in the Great Burrow a little while after Ni-Frith." Cowslip couldn't help feeling a little bit of weirdness in the air. For one, Silverweed had actually done his job quickly this time. Cowslip had only stopped once on the way to Winters Wrath's burrow and Silverweed had managed to get to the burrow to talk to Hawkweed. Another thing was that Silverweed and Hawkweed had resented each other since the gang of eleven rabbits invaded the warren. Cowslip decided to just tell Winters Wrath what he wanted to tell her. "I think you should be captain of the Owsla," Cowslip blurted out." "Wonderful," Winters Wrath said, "it's a little after Ni-Frith, lets go see what Silverweed has to say. So Hawkweed, Winters Wrath, and Cowslip headed of to the Great Burrow to see what Silverweed had to say about the new Owsla.
"I think I might have a couple suggestions," Silverweed told Cowslip when he cornered him and told him about the problem. "And they are." Cowslip snapped back at him. Cowslip was getting very tired of the fights over nothing. Just two days ago a rabbit had gotten killed in a fight for an empty burrow. The sad part was that there was another one exactly like it about a yard away. "We could try to start an Owsla. or maybe we can send some of the more reckless ones to found a new warren," Silverweed said anxiously. He wasn't in the mood at the moment to have Cowslip on him like a dog for what Silverweed considered to be a really easy problem to deal with. Cowslip broke his thoughts with his response. "Well I suppose we could try starting up an Owsla, but sending a bunch of them into the forest would be like sending them into a pit full of starved foxes." "Okay so starting up an Owsla it is," Silverweed said, "so what should I do at the moment." "Go look at some of our rabbits and bring me the ones that will keep order, not prevent it. In the meantime I'll go and talk to Winters Wrath about it. Go on, get going." And with that Cowslip took off leaving Silverweed alone. Silverweed just rolled his eyes and set about on his new task.
Winters Wrath was the biggest doe in the warren. She could also fight pretty well also. Just a week before she had killed a stoat that kept coming back to the warren again and again. She sat calmly in her burrow with her mate Hawkweed when Cowslip approached.
"What do you want Cowslip-rah," Winters Wrath asked him soothingly as he approached the burrow. "I want to talk to you about the whole order problem. You see, I have a solu." " You want to start an Owsla," Hawkweed cut in., "Silverweed told me already. He also told me to meet him in the Great Burrow a little while after Ni-Frith." Cowslip couldn't help feeling a little bit of weirdness in the air. For one, Silverweed had actually done his job quickly this time. Cowslip had only stopped once on the way to Winters Wrath's burrow and Silverweed had managed to get to the burrow to talk to Hawkweed. Another thing was that Silverweed and Hawkweed had resented each other since the gang of eleven rabbits invaded the warren. Cowslip decided to just tell Winters Wrath what he wanted to tell her. "I think you should be captain of the Owsla," Cowslip blurted out." "Wonderful," Winters Wrath said, "it's a little after Ni-Frith, lets go see what Silverweed has to say. So Hawkweed, Winters Wrath, and Cowslip headed of to the Great Burrow to see what Silverweed had to say about the new Owsla.
