According to rabbit lore, during a dire time when El-ahrairah’s warren is under siege, the
wise rabbit devices a plan to offer his life to Death himself in return for relief from the
siege. So with the help of a distraction by his brave generals, El-ahrairah and his faithful
companion Rabscuttle escape from the burrows and journey to the land of Death. You’ll have
to read of their quest yourself, but I will tell you that their passage of time in the land
of the gods is—as in our own traditional tales of
The
Mahabharata and
The Tipitaka—much slower than the
passage of time in the mortal realm.
— Michael Main
1 English variant