- Concerned by troubling visions his brother has about an encroaching threat, Hazel and several other rabbits set out in search of a new safe haven.
- According to Richard Adams's Lapine mythology, the world was created long ago by the god Frith, who represents the sun. When the rabbits began multiplying out of control, Frith created the predators in order to hunt them down. However, he bestows great talents upon the rabbits, led by El-ahrairah (the Prince of a Thousand Enemies), in order to ensure their survival. Though the life of a rabbit is one of constant fear and danger, Frith reassures the rabbits that as long as they rely on their speed and wits, they will never be destroyed.
In the present day, in the Sandleford Warren in Hampshire, England, a rabbit named Hazel wakes his younger brother Fiver from a vision, where he sees machines coming to destroy the warren. Hazel, worried since previous visions have come to pass, decides to warn their Chief Rabbit, but the vagueness and forcefulness of their charge causes them to be dismissed. The brothers manage to convince some rabbits to leave the warren with them, but they are overrun by soldiers, led by Captain Holly, who consider them mutinous. Bigwig, the largest rabbit of the warren, helps them escape.
In the forest, the group is chased by a party ordered to hunt them down, only managing to escape by crossing a river to safety. Exhausted after days of wandering, the group huddles inside an abandoned church before being attacked by a flock of crows, managing to escape after Bigwig kills the leader. Afterwards, Bigwig vents his frustrations at the brothers. The next morning, a strange rabbit named Cowslip visits the group, offering them a place in his warren. Despite Fiver's objections, the group goes to the warren. Though it is full of well-fed rabbits, morale and numbers are strangely low.
Sensing that the warren is plagued by death, Fiver convinces Hazel to leave, causing Bigwig to expel them both. Moments later, he is caught by a snare. When Fiver asks for help, Cowslip reveals that those snared are given up to a farmer in exchange for protection. The rabbits manage to free Bigwig before leaving, with a doe named Strawberry joining them. Soon after settling on Watership Down, Holly arrives and confirms Fiver's vision. The audience is then introduced to Efrafa, a dark and cruel warren near the Down led by a massive, scarred rabbit named General Woundwort.
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