They’re very nice and kind . . . but I’ll tell you how they strike me. They all seem terribly sad. I can’t think why. . . . But they put me in mind of trees in November.
– The character of Fiver in
Chapter 14 of Richard Adam’s
Watership Down: A Novel
Rex Collings Ltd, 1972
Chapter 14 of Richard Adam’s
Watership Down: A Novel
Rex Collings Ltd, 1972
Related Off-site Links:
A New Graphic Novel Version of Watership Down Aims to Temper Darkness With Hope – Matthew Schuerman (NPR News, October 22, 2023).
What Watership Down Can Still Teach Us About Politics – Graham Hillard (National Review, September 18, 2025).
Scary Stories for Kids: Watership Down Made Me Aware of My Mortality at Age Four – Aislinn Clarke (The Conversation, October 17, 2025).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• November Musings
• November Vignettes (2024)
• November Vignettes (2023)
• Photo of the Day – November 9, 2023
• Autumn . . . Within and Beyond (2021)
• Time to Go Inwards
• Holding the Moment
• Autumn Branches
Image: Michael J. Bayly
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