Psalm2 59Now came the dog days -- day after day of hot, still summer, when for hours ata time light seemed the only thing that moved; the sky -- sun, clouds and breeze --awake above the drowsing downs. The beech3 leaves grew darker on the boughsand fresh grass grew where the old had been nibbled4 close. The warren wasthriving at last and Hazel could sit basking5 on the bank and count their blessings6.
Above and under ground, the rabbits fell naturally into a quiet, undisturbedrhythm of feeding, digging and sleeping. Several fresh runs and burrows8 weremade. The does, who had never dug in their lives before, enjoyed the work. BothHyzenthlay and Thethuthinnang told Hazel that they had had no idea how muchof their frustration10 and unhappiness in Efrafa had been due simply to not beingallowed to dig. Even Clover and Haystack found that they could manage prettywell and boasted that they would bear the warren's first litters in burrows thatthey had dug themselves. Blackavar and Holly11 became close friends. They talked agreat deal about their different ideas of scouting12 and tracking, and made somepatrols together, more for their own satisfaction than because there was any realneed. One early morning they persuaded Silver to come with them and traveledover a mile to the outskirts13 of Kingsclere, returning with a tale of mischief14 andfeasting in a cottage garden. Blackavar's hearing had weakened since themutilation of his ears; but Holly found that his power of noticing and drawingconclusions from anything unusual was almost uncanny and that he seemed to beable to become invisible at will.
Sixteen bucks15 and ten does made a happy enough society for a warren. Therewas some bickering16 here and there, but nothing serious. As Bluebell17 said, anyrabbits who felt discontented could always go back to Efrafa; and the thought ofall that they had faced together was enough to take the sting out of anything thatmight have made a real quarrel. The contentment of the does spread to everyoneelse, until one evening Hazel remarked that he felt a perfect fraud as Chief Rabbit,for there were no problems and hardly a dispute to be settled.
"Have you thought about the winter yet?" asked Holly.
Four or five of the bucks, with Clover, Hyzenthlay and Vilthuril, were feedingalong the sunny west side of the hanger18 about an hour before sunset. It was stillhot and the down was so quiet that they could hear the horses tearing the grass inthe paddock of Cannon19 Heath Farm, more than half a mile away. It certainly didnot seem a time to think of winter.
"It'll probably be colder up here than any of us have been used to," said Hazel.
"But the soil's so light and the roots break it up so much that we can dig a lotdeeper before the cold weather comes. I think we ought to be able to get belowthe frost. As for the wind, we can block some of the holes and sleep warm. Grassis poor in winter, I know; but anyone who wants a change can always go out withHolly here and try his luck at pinching some greenstuff or cattle roots. It's a timeof year to be careful of the elil, though. Myself, I shall be quite happy to sleepunderground, play bob-stones and hear a few stories from time to time.""What about a story now?" said Bluebell. "Come on, Dandelion. 'How I NearlyMissed the Boat.' What about that?""Oh, you mean 'Woundwort Dismayed,'" said Dandelion. "That's Bigwig's story-- I wouldn't presume to tell it. But it makes a change to be thinking about winteron an evening like this. It reminds me of a story I've listened to but never tried totell myself. So some of you may know it and perhaps some won't. It's the story ofRowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog.""Off you go," said Fiver, "and lay it on thick.""There was a big rabbit," said Dandelion. "There was a small rabbit. There wasEl-ahrairah; and he had the frost in his fine new whiskers. The earth up and downthe runs of the warren was so hard that you could cut your paws on it, and therobins answered each other across the bare, still copses, 'This is my bit here. Yougo and starve in your own.'
"One evening, when Frith was sinking huge and red in a green sky, El-ahrairahand Rabscuttle limped trembling through the frozen grass, picking a bite here andthere to carry them on for another long night underground. The grass was asbrittle and tasteless as hay, and although they were hungry, they had beenmaking the best of the miserable20 stuff so long that it was as much as they coulddo to get it down. At last Rabscuttle suggested that they might take a risk for oncein a way and slip across the fields to the edge of the village, where there was a bigvegetable garden.
"This particular garden was bigger than any of the others round about. Theman who worked in it lived in a house at one end and he used to dig or cut greatquantities of vegetables, put them into a hrududu and drive them away. He hadput wire all round the garden to keep rabbits out. All the same, El-ahrairah couldusually find a way in if he wanted to; but it was dangerous, because the man had agun and often shot jays and pigeons and hung them up.
"'It isn't only the gun we'd be risking, either,' said El-ahrairah, thinking it over.
'We'd have to keep an eye open for that confounded Rowsby Woof as well.'
"Now, Rowsby Woof was the man's dog; and he was the most objectionable,malicious, disgusting brute21 that ever licked a man's hand. He was a big, woollysort of animal with hair all over his eyes and the man kept him to guard thevegetable garden, especially at night. Rowsby Woof, of course, did not eatvegetables himself and anyone might have thought that he would be ready to let afew hungry animals have a lettuce22 or a carrot now and then and no questionsasked. But not a bit of it. Rowsby Woof used to run loose from evening till dawnthe next day; and not content with keeping men and boys out of the garden, hewould go for any animals he found there -- rats, rabbits, hares, mice, even moles-- and kill them if he could. The moment he smelled anything in the nature of anintruder he would start barking and kicking up a shine, although very often it wasonly this foolish noise which warned a rabbit and enabled him to get away intime. Rowsby Woof was reckoned to be a tremendous ratter and his master hadboasted about this skill of his so often and showed him off so much that he hadbecome revoltingly conceited23. He believed himself to be the finest ratter in theworld. He ate a lot of raw meat (but not in the evening, because he was lefthungry at night to keep him active) and this made it rather easier to smell himcoming. But even so, he made the garden a dangerous place.
"'Well, let's chance Rowsby Woof for once,' said Rabscuttle. 'I reckon you and Iought to be able to give him the slip if we have to.'
"El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle made their way across the fields to the outskirts ofthe garden. When they got there, the first thing they saw was the man himself,with a white stick burning away in his mouth, cutting row after row of frostedcabbages. Rowsby Woof was with him, wagging his tail and jumping about in aridiculous manner. After a time the man piled as many of the cabbages as hecould into a wheel thing and pushed them away to the house. He came backseveral times and when he had taken all the cabbages to the door of the house hebegan carrying them inside.
"'What's he doing that for?' asked Rabscuttle.
"'I suppose he wants to get the frost out of them tonight,' replied El-ahrairah,'before he takes them away in the hrududu tomorrow.'
"'They'd be much better to eat with the frost out of them, wouldn't they?' saidRabscuttle. 'I wish we could get at them while they're in there. Still, never mind.
Now's our chance. Let's see what we can do up this end of the garden while he'sbusy down there.'
"But hardly had they crossed the top of the garden and got among the cabbagesthan Rowsby Woof had winded them and down he came, barking and yelping24,and they were lucky to get out in time.
"'Dirty little beasts,' shouted Rowsby Woof. 'How--how! How--how dare youcome snou--snou--snouting round here? Get out -- out! Out -- out!'
"'Contemptible25 brute!' said El-ahrairah, as they scurried26 back to the warrenwith nothing to show for all their trouble. 'He's really annoyed me. I don't knowyet how it's going to be done, but, by Frith and Inlé, before this frost thaws27, we'lleat his cabbages inside the house and make him look a fool into the bargain!'
"'That's saying too much, master,' said Rabscuttle. 'A pity to throw your lifeaway for a cabbage, after all we've done together.'
"'Well, I shall be watching my chance,' said El-ahrairah. 'I shall just bewatching my chance, that's all.'
"The following afternoon Rabscuttle was out, nosing along the top of the bankbeside the lane, when a hrududu came by. It had doors at the back and thesedoors had somehow come open and were swinging about as the hrududu wentalong. There were things inside wrapped up in bags like the ones men sometimesleave about the fields; and as the hrududu passed Rabscuttle, one of these bagsfell out into the lane. When the hrududu had gone Rabscuttle, who hoped that thebag might have something to eat inside, slipped down into the lane to have a sniffat it. But he was disappointed to find that all it contained was some kind of meat.
Later he told El-ahrairah about his disappointment.
"'Meat?' said El-ahrairah. 'Is it still there?'
"'How should I know?' said Rabscuttle. 'Beastly stuff.'
"'Come with me,' said El-ahrairah. 'Quickly, too.'
"When they got to the lane the meat was still there. El-ahrairah dragged thebag into the ditch and they buried it.
"'But what good will this be to us, master?' said Rabscuttle.
"'I don't know yet,' said El-ahrairah. 'But some good it will surely be, if the ratsdon't get it. Come home now, though. It's getting dark.'
"As they were going home, they came on an old black wheel-covering thrownaway from a hrududu, lying in the ditch. If you've ever seen these things, you'llknow that they're something like a huge fungus28 -- smooth and very strong, butpad-like and yielding too. They smell unpleasant, and are no good to eat.
"'Come on,' said El-ahrairah immediately. 'We have to gnaw29 off a good chunkof this. I need it.'
"Rabscuttle wondered whether his master was going mad, but he did as he wastold. The stuff had grown fairly rotten and before long they were able to gnaw offa lump about as big as a rabbits head. It tasted dreadful, but El-ahrairah carried itcarefully back to the warren. He spent a lot of time that night nibbling30 at it andafter morning silflay the next day he continued. About ni-Frith he wokeRabscuttle, made him come outside and put the lump in front of him.
"'What does that look like?' he said. 'Never mind the smell. What does it looklike?'
"Rabscuttle looked at it. 'It looks rather like a dog's black nose, master,' heanswered, 'except that it's dry.'
"'Splendid,' said El-ahrairah, and went to sleep.
"It was still frosty -- very clear and cold -- that night, with half a moon, but fuInlé, when all the rabbits were keeping warm underground, El-ahrairah toldRabscuttle to come with him. El-ahrairah carried the black nose himself and onthe way he pushed it well into every nasty thing he could find. He found a--""Well, never mind," said Hazel. "Go on with the story.""In the end," continued Dandelion, "Rabscuttle kept well away from him, butEl-ahrairah held his breath and still carried the nose somehow, until they got tothe place where they had buried the meat.
"'Dig it up,' said El-ahrairah. 'Come on.'
"They dug it up and the paper came off. The meat was all bits joined togetherin a kind of trail like a spray of bryony, and poor Rabscuttle was told to drag italong to the bottom of the vegetable garden. It was hard work and he was gladwhen he was able to drop it.
"'Now,' said El-ahrairah, 'we'll go round to the front.'
"When they got to the front, they could tell that the man had gone out. For onething, the house was all dark but, besides, they could smell that he had beenthrough the gate a little while before. The front of the house had a flower gardenand this was separated from the back and the vegetable garden by a high, close-boarded fence that ran right across and ended in a big clump31 of laurels32. Just theother side of the fence was the back door that led into the kitchen.
"El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle went quietly through the front garden and peepedthrough a crack in the fence. Rowsby Woof was sitting on the gravel33 path, wideawake and shivering in the cold. He was so near that they could see his eyes blinkin the moonlight. The kitchen door was shut, but nearby, along the wall, therewas a hole above the drain where a brick had been left out. The kitchen floor wasmade of bricks and the man used to wash it with a rough broom and sweep thewater out through the hole. The hole was plugged up with an old cloth to keep outthe cold.
"After a little while El-ahrairah said in a low voice,"'Rowsby Woof! O Rowsby Woof!'
"Rowsby Woof sat up and looked about him, bristling34.
"'Who's there?' he said. 'Who are you?'
"'O Rowsby Woof!' said El-ahrairah, crouching35 on the other side of the fence.
'Most fortunate, most blessed Rowsby Woof! Your reward is at hand! I bring youthe best news in the world!'
"'What?' said Rowsby Woof. 'Who's that? None of your tricks, now!'
"'Tricks, Rowsby Woof?' said El-ahrairah. 'Ah, I see you do not know me. Buthow should you? Listen, faithful, skillful hound. I am the Fairy Wogdog,messenger of the great dog spirit of the East, Queen Dripslobber. Far, far in theEast her palace lies. Ah, Rowsby Woof, if only you could see her mighty36 state, thewonders of her kingdom! The carrion37 that lies far and wide upon the sands! Themanure, Rowsby Woof! The open sewers38! Oh, how you would jump for joy andrun nosing all about!'
"Rowsby Woof got to his feet and looked about in silence. He could not tellwhat to make of the voice, but he was suspicious.
"'Your fame as a ratter has come to the ears of the Queen,' said El-ahrairah.
'We know you -- and honor you -- as the greatest ratter in the world. That is why Iam here. But poor, bewildered creature! I see you are perplexed39, and well youmay be. Come here, Rowsby Woof! Come close to the fence and know me better!'
"Rowsby Woof came up to the fence and El-ahrairah pushed the rubber noseinto the crack and moved it about. Rowsby Woof stood close, sniffing40.
"'Noble rat-catcher,' whispered El-ahrairah, 'it is indeed I, the Fairy Wogdog,sent to honor you!'
"'Oh, Fairy Wogdog!' cried Rowsby Woof, dribbling41 and piddling all over thegravel. 'Ah, what elegance42! What aristocratic distinction! Can that really bedecayed cat that I smell? With a delicate overtone of rotten camel! Ah, thegorgeous East!'
("What on earth's 'camel'?" said Bigwig.
"I don't know," replied Dandelion. "But it was in the story when I heard it, so Isuppose it's some creature or other.")"'Happy, happy dog!' said El-ahrairah. 'I must tell you that Queen Dripslobberher very self has expressed her gracious wish that you should meet her. But notyet, Rowsby Woof, not yet. First you must be found worthy43. I am sent to bringyou both a test and a proof. Listen, Rowsby Woof. Beyond the far end of thegarden there lies a long rope of meat. Aye, real meat, Rowsby Woof, for thoughwe are fairy dogs, yet we bring real gifts to noble, brave animals such as you. Gonow -- find and eat that meat. Trust me, for I will guard the house until youreturn. That is the test of your belief.'
"Rowsby Woof was desperately44 hungry and the cold had got into his stomach,but still he hesitated. He knew that his master expected him to guard the house.
"'Ah, well,' said El-ahrairah, 'never mind. I will depart. In the next village therelives a dog--'
"'No, no,' cried Rowsby Woof. 'No, Fairy Wogdog, do not leave me! I trust you!
I will go at once! Only guard the house and do not fail me!'
"'Have no fear, noble hound,' said El-ahrairah. 'Only trust the word of the greatQueen.'
"Rowsby Woof went bounding away in the moonlight and El-ahrairah watchedhim out of sight.
"'Are we to go into the house now, master?' asked Rabscuttle. 'We shall have tobe quick.'
"'Certainly not,' said El-ahrairah. 'How could you suggest such double-dealing?
For shame, Rabscuttle! We will guard the house.'
"They waited silently and after a while Rowsby Woof returned, licking his lipsand grinning. He came sniffing up to the fence.
"'I perceive, honest friend,' said El-ahrairah, 'that you found the meat as swiftlyas though it had been a rat. The house is safe and all is well. Now hark. I shallreturn to the Queen and tell her of all that has passed. It was her graciouspurpose that if you showed yourself worthy tonight, by trusting her messenger,she would herself send for you and honor you. Tomorrow night she will bepassing through this land on her way to the Wolf Festival of the North and shemeans to break her journey in order that you may appear before her. Be ready,Rowsby Woof!'
"'Oh, Fairy Wogdog!' cried Rowsby Woof. 'What joy it will be to grovel45 andabase myself before the Queen! How humbly46 I shall roll upon the ground! Howutterly shall I make myself her slave! What menial cringing47 will be mine! I willshow myself a true dog!'
"'I do not doubt it,' said El-ahrairah. 'And now, farewell. Be patient and awaitmy return!'
"He withdrew the rubber nose and very quietly they crept away.
"The following night was, if anything, still colder. Even El-ahrairah had to pullhimself together before he could set out over the fields. They had hidden therubber nose outside the garden and it took them some time to get it ready forRowsby Woof. When they had made sure that the man had gone out, they wentcautiously into the front garden and up to the fence. Rowsby Woof was paddingup and down outside the back door, his breath steaming in the frosty air. WhenEl-ahrairah spoke48, he put his head on the ground between his front paws andwhined for joy.
"'The Queen is coming, Rowsby Woof,' said El-ahrairah from behind the nose,'with her noble attendants, the fairies Postwiddle and Sniffbottom. And this is herwish. You know the crossroads in the village, do you not?'
"'Yes, yes!' whined49 Rowsby Woof. 'Yes, yes! Oh, let me show how abject50 I canbe, dear Fairy Wogdog. I will--'
"'Very well,' said El-ahrairah. 'Now, O fortunate dog, go to the crossroads andawait the Queen. She is coming on the wings of night. It is far that she must come,but wait patiently. Only wait. Do not fail her and great blessing7 will be yours,'
"'Fail her? No, no!' cried Rowsby Woof. 'I will wait like a worm upon the road.
Her beggar am I, Fairy Wogdog! Her mendicant51, her idiot, her--'
"'Quite right, most excellent,' said El-ahrairah. 'Only make haste.'
"As soon as Rowsby Woof had gone, El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle went quicklythrough the laurels, round the end of the fence and along to the back door. El-ahrairah pulled the cloth out of the hole above the drain with his teeth and led theway into the kitchen.
"The kitchen was as warm as this bank and at one end was a great pile ofvegetables ready for the hrududu in the morning -- cabbages, brussels sproutsand parsnips. They were thawed52 out and the delicious smell was quiteoverpowering. El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle began at once to make amends53 for thepast days of frozen grass and tree bark.
"'Good, faithful fellow,' said El-ahrairah with his mouth full. 'How grateful hewill be to the Queen for keeping him waiting. He will be able to show her the fullextent of his loyalty54, won't he? Have another parsnip, Rabscuttle.'
"Meanwhile, down at the crossroads, Rowsby Woof waited eagerly in the frost,listening for the coming of Queen Dripslobber. After a long time he heardfootsteps. They were not the steps of a dog but of a man. As they came near, herealized that they were the steps of his own master. He was too stupid to run awayor hide, but merely remained where he was until his master -- who was returninghome -- came up to the crossroads.
"'Why, Rowsby Woof,' said his master, 'what are you doing here?'
"Rowsby Woof looked foolish and nosed about. His master was puzzled. Thena thought came to him.
"'Why, good old chap,' he said, 'you came to meet me, did you? Good fellow,then! Come on, we'll go home together.'
"Rowsby Woof tried to slip away, but his master grabbed him by the collar, tiedhim by a bit of string he had in his pocket and led him home.
"Their arrival took El-ahrairah by surprise. It fact, he was so busy stuffingcabbage that he heard nothing until the doorhandle rattled55. He and Rabscuttlehad only just time to slip behind a pile of baskets before the man came in, leadingRowsby Woof. Rowsby Woof was quiet and dejected and did not even notice thesmell of rabbit, which anyway was all mixed up with the smell of the fire and thelarder. He lay on the mat while the man made some sort of drink for himself.
"El-ahrairah was watching his chance to dash out of the hole in the wall. Butthe man, as he sat drinking and puffing56 away at a white stick, suddenly lookedround and got up. He had noticed the draft coming in through the open hole. Tothe rabbits' horror, he picked up a sack and plugged the hole up very tightlyindeed. Then he finished his drink, made up the fire and went away to sleep,leaving Rowsby Woof shut in the kitchen. Evidently he thought it too cold to turnhim out for the night.
"At first Rowsby Woof whined and scratched at the door, but after a time hecame back to the mat by the fire and lay down. El-ahrairah moved very quietlyalong the wall until he was behind a big metal box in the corner under the sink.
There were sacks and old papers here, too, and he felt fairly sure that RowsbyWoof could not manage to see behind it. As soon as Rabscuttle had joined him, hespoke.
"'O Rowsby Woof!' whispered El-ahrairah.
"Rowsby Woof was up in a flash.
"'Fairy Wogdog!' he cried. 'Is that you I hear?'
"'It is indeed,' said El-ahrairah. 'I am sorry for your disappointment, RowsbyWoof. You did not meet the Queen.'
"'Alas57, no,' said Rowsby Woof: and he told what had happened at thecrossroads.
"'Never mind,' said El-ahrairah. Do not be downhearted, Rowsby Woof. Therewas good reason why the Queen did not come. She received news of danger -- ah,great danger, Rowsby Woof! -- and avoided it in time. I myself am here at the riskof my own safety to warn you. You are lucky indeed that I am your friend, forotherwise your good master must have been stricken with mortal plague.'
"'With plague?' cried Rowsby Woof. 'Oh, how, good fairy?'
"'Many fairies and spirits there are in the animal kingdoms of the East,' saidEl-ahrairah. 'Some are friends and there are those -- may misfortune strike themdown -- who are our deadly enemies. Worst of them all, Rowsby Woof, is thegreat rat spirit, the giant of Sumatra, the curse of Hamelin. He dares not openlyfight our noble Queen, but he works by stealth, by poison, by disease. Soon afteryou left me, I learned that he has sent his hateful rat goblins through the clouds,carrying sickness. I warned the Queen; but still I remained here, Rowsby Woof, towarn you. If the sickness falls -- and the goblins are very near -- it will harm notyou, but your master it will slay58 -- and me, too, I fear. You can save him, and youalone. I cannot.'
"'Oh, horror!' cried Rowsby Woof. 'There is no time to be lost! What must I do,Fairy Wogdog?'
"'The sickness works by a spell,' said El-ahrairah. 'But if a real dog of flesh andblood could run four times round the house, barking as loudly as he could, thenthe spell would be broken and the sickness would have no power. But alas! Iforgot! You are shut in, Rowsby Woof. What is to be done? I fear that all is lost!'
"'No, no!' said Rowsby Woof. 'I will save you, Fairy Wogdog, and my dearmaster, too. Leave it to me!'
"Rowsby Woof began to bark. He barked to raise the dead. The windowsshook. The coal fell in the grate. The noise was terrifying. They could hear theman upstairs, shouting and cursing. Still Rowsby Woof barked. The man camestamping down. He flung open the window and listened for thieves, but he couldhear nothing, partly because there was nothing to hear and partly because of theceaseless barking. At last he picked up his gun, flung open the door and wentcautiously out to see what was the matter. Out shot Rowsby Woof, bellowing59 likea bull, and tore around the house. The man followed him at a run, leaving thedoor wide.
"'Quick!' said El-ahrairah. 'Quicker than Wogdog from the Tartar's bow! Comeon!'
"El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle dashed into the garden and disappeared throughthe laurels. In the field beyond they paused for a moment. From behind came thesounds of yelping and woofing, mixed with shouts and angry cries of 'Come 'ere,damn you!'
"'Noble fellow,' said El-ahrairah. 'He has saved his master, Rabscuttle. He hassaved us all. Let us go home and sleep sound in our burrow9.'
"For the rest of his life Rowsby Woof never forgot the night when he hadwaited for the great Dog Queen. True, it was a disappointment, but this, he felt,was a small matter, compared with the recollection of his own noble conduct andof how he had saved both his master and the good fairy Wogdog from the wickedrat spirit."
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