We make crutches and soups and have gardens and weddings and babies. Here we anticipate the Mended Wood, the Great Wood healed. this is a place dedicated to the reasons why some must fight. This place is full of farmers, artists, smiths, weavers - workers of all kinds. “.there’s another kind of mending that must be done. The wood of Natalia has been wrecked and nearly ruined, and they are fighting to mend it. This is a place of refreshment, but it is also a place of healing and holy inspiration. This place is special and designed to preserve and protect that which is good, true, and beautiful about the rabbit way of life. In an effort to help us understand what the rabbits are preparing to fight for, he brings these rabbits to the one retreat that is unlike all the other citadels and warrens. Part of what makes this story special is that Sam wants to invite us into the hardness of the cause without marring our hope. It is here that the brother and sister learn the awful history of their family, the tragic history of their people, and make the decision to take their place in the battle against the evil that is mounting against rabbit-kind. When Uncle Wilfred and Smalls rescue Heather and Picket from the wolf attack, they lead them to a hidden retreat called Cloud Mountain. In the time since the fall of King Jupiter, the lords and captains of Natalia have kept the Green Ember (the prince) hidden and safe while they worked to unite the warrens and citadels, and prepare for war with Morbin and his allies. 84.Īt his death, King Jupiter left behind an uncle who had always wanted the throne, a brother who was willing to betray him for the throne, and a young son to whom he had bestowed the Green Ember. So if the crown of flames falls… the Green Ember rises.” - The Blackstar of Kingston, p. The prince kept it as a down payment of his future inheritance and a sacred stewardship to guard while he awaited the day of his own rule. “In the old tradition, a king made his succession clear by passing the to his heir. At the invitation of a small group of traitorous rabbits, Morbin Blackhawk, leader of the Lords of Prey, combined forces with King Farlock and his pack of wolves to kill King Jupiter, and to also devour, enslave, and torture all of rabbit-kind. This exciting and poignant story is more Mistmantle or Narnia than Watership Down.īefore our story begins, the rabbit king of Natalia, King Jupiter Goodson, has been betrayed and killed by a consortium of wolves, birds of prey, and traitorous rabbits. When their friends reach and rescue them, they are taken to not only a place of safety but a whole new way of life and a whole new family. As they run, they are unknowingly pursued by friends as well as foes. Confused and terrified, they are running away from a pack of evil wolves, and they have no idea where to go. When tragedy strikes a few pages later, these two rabbits must flee, and all that they can take with them is each other. Their friendship is evident, and reading about it invites us into a bigger story of family, friendship, and things worth fighting for. As they This series-starter opens with a brother and sister pair of dressed rabbits playing together in the field by their family home. Though the story has allegorical moments, it is not a strict allegory, and in that way Smith presents a beautiful picture of a community living in the hope of restoration, looking forward to the day when harms will be mended and the world made right.This series-starter opens with a brother and sister pair of dressed rabbits playing together in the field by their family home. Someone somewhere (where was that quote?) called this “a new story with an old soul,” and I can see why: in the tradition of classics like The Chronicles of Narnia or The Princess and the Goblin, Smith uses fantastic elements to tell a story that is lively and engaging but that courses with good, old-fashioned virtue. Smith of Story Warren, The Green Ember tells the tale of Heather and Picket, two rabbits set adrift in a corrupted wood by the loss of their home and family. I dropped everything else from my reading list and started The Green Ember that afternoon. My husband murmured reverently, “It’s beautiful.” “Oh, what is that book about?” Only the baby remained uninterested-everyone else huddled around me to study the cover of The Green Ember.
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