How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Hazel felt at a loss. What exactly was he to understand from this? Kehaar was not a rabbit. Whatever the Big Water was like, it must be worse than this and Kehaar was used to it. He never said much in any case and what he did say was always restricted to the simplest, since he spoke no Lapine. He was doing them a good turn because they had saved his life but, as Hazel knew, he could not help despising them for timid, helpless, stay-at-home creatures who could not fly. He was often impatient. Did he mean that he had looked at the river and considered it as if he were a rabbit? (39.52)
We focus a lot on rabbit power (which started with the rabbit power movement of the 1970s), but we shouldn't forget that these rabbits are just rabbits. They may be clever and fast (and some of them are violent and dangerous), but in this world, they are probably the least powerful creatures around. (Except for children, who have to do what adults say—for the most part.) These rabbits aren't even as worldly and strong as a seagull (or a train).