Richard Adams

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