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Rabscuttle was El-ahrairah's sidekick and Captain of his Owsla.

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In the stories narrated by Dandelion, Rabscuttle accompanied El-ahrairah on his journey to The Black Rabbit of Inle. He also helped El-ahrairah with all of his tricks. Rabscuttle loved his country and his people so much he would die for El-ahraiah and the other rabbits.

During the war against King Darzin, King Darzin's people were attacking El-ahrairah's Warren. They didn't let El-ahrairah's people out of their burrows, so Rabscuttle and El-ahrairah set off to make a bargain with The Black Rabbit of Inle, to kill off King Darzin and his people. The Black Rabbit made a bargain that if El-ahrairah beat him in a game of bobstones, and a story that can beat The Black Rabbits, then The Black Rabbit will kill King Darzin and his people. El-ahrairah accepted to these terms and lost. The Black Rabbit's side of the bargain was, El-ahrairah would have to give up his tail and his ears and his whiskers to The Black Rabbit. El-ahrairah had discovered a pit that was full of the white blindness. He jumped into the hole in the hopes of contracting the disease and making it to the real world before he died so that he could infect King Darzin's people. He was unsuccessful since he had no ears, and the disease can only be transmitted if you have ears. The Black Rabbit of Inle took pity on him and brought him home, and gave him a brand new tail, whiskers, and ears. His new ears were described to glow and sparkle, but not enough that it was obvious.

When they returned to their home, a new generation of rabbits were there, and they won the war against King Darzin. The new generation was a careless group of Rabbits that didn't seem to recognize El-ahrairah nor Rabscuttle. Rabscuttle asked if there were any survivors of the War against King Darzin. The Rabbits told them that there were the Elder veteran rabbits.

Tales from Watership Down[]

Rabscuttle appears in "The Sense of Smell."

Rabbits
Cross-media
Sandleford Warren
BigwigBlackberryBluebellCaptain HollyDandelionFiverHawkbitHazelPipkinPimpernelSilverThrearahToadflax

Nuthanger Farm
BoxwoodCloverHaystackLaurel
Cowslip's Warren
CowslipKingcupLaburnumSilverweedStrawberry
Efrafa
BlackavarCaptain CampionCaptain ChervilCaptain OrchisGeneral WoundwortHyzenthlayRagwortSainfoinThethuthinnangThistleVervainVilthuril
Folklore
Black Rabbit of InléEl-ahrairahHufsaRabscuttle

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Introduced in Watership Down
AcornAshAvensBartsiaBetonyBuckthornButterburCaptain BuglossCaptain MallowCharlockColtsfootFlescaGroundselMarjoramMoneywortNelthiltaNightshadeNildro-hainNose-in-the-AirPine NeedlesScabiousSnowdropSpeedwellThrayonlosaThrearThunder

Introduced in Tales from Watership Down
BurdockCelandineCrowfootCrowlaFescueFlyairthFoxgloveHeartseaseKing Fur-RociousKnapweedLemistaLoosestrifeMelsaMianMilmownNyreemPeertonPrakeQuiensRithlaSandwortStitchwortStonecropThrennionTindraWoodruff

AspenBlueskyButtercupCaptain BroomFelsparFlaxGentianGiliaGorseGraniteHeatherHickoryLarchMallowMarigoldMossPrimroseRaincloudRedShaleSnowdropSpartinaSpeaker of the Past
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Dewdrop (Miniseries) • Nettle (Miniseries) • Violet (film)
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