Next day, Stan, Kyle, and Butters were walking around in the meadow.
"Cowslip is such a great guy, taking us in like this," Stan said. "I think we've found a real paradise here."
"I don't like Cowslip," Butters said.
Stan was shocked. "Why not?"
"Just don't trust 'im, is all. There's somethin' fishy about him. An' I had a dream the other night about Cowslip killin' us all. I think it was another warning, like the dream I had tellin' us to leave the old warren."
"But that time, it was humans destroying the warren," Stan said. "Cowslip is a rabbit, just like us. Why would a rabbit want to hurt other rabbits?"
"Now that you mention it," said Kyle, "there is something fishy about this whole setup. Don't you think it's odd that Cowslip was so eager to welcome a bunch of strangers to his home?"
"He was just being friendly!" Stan protested.
Kyle narrowed his eyes. "Do you think Chief McDaniels would've been this friendly if fourteen rabbits showed up out of nowhere? And another thing, there's something funny about the way that farmer acts. Why would he go to the trouble of scattering all this food out here, just to feed wild rabbits?"
"Maybe he's getting rid of the extra vegetables he doesn't need," Stan suggested.
Kyle picked up a head of lettuce, which the farmer had left earlier that morning. "Look, this lettuce is in perfect condition. No one would just throw it out without…"
Suddenly, an earsplitting wail filled the air.
"What was that?" Butters cried.
"It sounded like Karen!" said Kyle.
"It came from that direction," said Stan. "Let's check it out."
They hopped in the direction of the sound and found Karen standing over her brother Kenny, who was lying unmoving on the ground. He had gotten himself caught in a rabbit trap. A length of twisted copper wire was looped around his head, and a metal peg was digging into his neck.
"Oh my Frith, they killed Kenny again!" Stan said.
"Those bastards!" said Kyle.
Karen was shaking her brother. "Come on, Kenny, get up!" But Kenny didn't.
"Holy hraka," said Butters. "This must be the shining wire Silverweed's poem was talkin' about, fellas."
Kyle was furious. "Now I get it. This is why the farmer feeds the rabbits here. He lets 'em get nice and fat, and then he leaves these traps around so they get caught and die. Then he can just plop 'em into the stewpot. Or maybe he sells them. Either way, he has his own personal rabbit farm. Any of us could have stepped into that trap. It might have been my little brother!"
Stan made a split-second decision. "We're leaving. Now!"
Stan, Kyle, Butters, and Karen went back inside the warren. They found Cowslip in the big chamber where Silverweed had read his poem the day before. All the other rabbits from their old warren were there too.
Stan confronted Cowslip. "You killed Kenny!"
"You bastard!" Kyle seconded.
Tweak was confused. "What are you guys talking about?"
"I'll tell you what we're talking about," said Stan. "That farmer's been setting traps for the rabbits here, and Kenny got himself killed by one." He glared at Cowslip. "That's why you were so welcoming to us. You were hoping we'd get caught in the snares instead of you. You were trying to get us killed! And don't pretend you didn't know about the traps, because your little friend wrote a whole poem about them!"
"That's fucked up," said Craig.
"You turd!" Shelly shouted at Cowslip. Hearing her gave Stan an odd feeling. Usually, she only called Stan and his friends turds.
Cowslip spread his paws. "Okay. You found us out. So, what are you gonna do now?"
"I'll tell you what we're gonna do," said Stan. "We're getting the hell out of here!"
"Are you sure?" said Cowslip. "You could still have a comfortable life here. Yes, there are deadly traps everywhere, but it's really not so bad here."
Stan couldn't believe what he was hearing. This rabbit was insane!
"You're lucky all we're doing is leaving after you tricked us like this," he said to Cowslip. "If you weren't so much bigger than me, I'd kick your ass!" He turned back to his friends. "Come on! Let's go!"
They all got to their feet, except for Cartman, who remained where he sat.
"Cartman? Are you coming?" Stan asked.
"I think I wanna stay here, guys," Cartman said. "This warren has possibilities."
"Are you insane?" Kyle exploded at him. "The place is full of booby traps!"
"Yeah," Cartman acknowledged, "but in the outside world, there's a thousand different things that can kill you. Here, there's only one. And the food here is the best I've ever had."
"At least one of you has some sense," Cowslip said.
"Whatever," said Kyle. "If you want to stay and get killed, Cartman, that's fine with me."
Stan led the way out of the cave, and the others followed. Craig was last in line. Just before he stepped out, he gave Cowslip the bird with his middle finger.