Captain, said Bluebell, do you know what the first blade of grass said to the second blade of grass? Hazel looked at him sharply, but Holly replied, Well? It said, ‘Look, there’s a rabbit! We’re in danger!
Richard Adams
Captain, said Bluebell, do you know what the first blade of grass said to the second blade of grass? Hazel looked at him sharply, but Holly replied, Well? It said, ‘Look, there’s a rabbit! We’re in danger!
Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied modern history at Oxford before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterwards, he completed his studies, and then joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author.
