![]() ![]() ![]() When Adams passed away last year at the age of ninety-six, he left behind not just a legacy of animal stories-and a fully-fleshed-out rabbit language called “Lapine”-but also a vast library of books. Ever since, it’s delighted children around the world. ![]() Author Richard Adams developed the story for his daughters on long car rides, and eventually wrote it down. Watership Down returns anyone with two eyes, a heart, and an under-the-covers flashlight to a state of childish wonder. Published in 1972, it is, for the uninitiated, the classic story of Hazel leading his warren of rabbits to the peaceful, unmarred hillside. Richard Adams reads from his book at the Whitchurch Arts presentation of Aldo Galli’s paintings, which were inspired by the book. ![]()
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