55: Does Scripted by Newell Fisher. The does of WD in order of appearance: Nildro-hain : Song of the blackbird Clover: A hutch-doe. The first doe to speak directly in the book Haystack: a hutch-doe Hyzenthlay: Fur-shining-like-dew Thethuthinnang: Movement of Leaves Nelthilta Thrayonlosa Vilthuril A summary of the plot of the novel from a purely female perspective: Watership Down: The Does' Tale Nildro-hain, along with her mate, meets the leader of a group of buck Hlessil. The next day, she dies in a snare. A few days later, the hutch-does Clover and Haystack, and their mates, are visited by two bucks at Nuthanger Farm. Meanwhile, in Efrafa, Hyzenthlay meets a buck who has attempted to act as an emissary from another warren, only to be told he cannot leave. Three nights later, several bucks return to Nuthanger Farm. They free the hutch-rabbits. But their leader is shot. Later that day, a group of bucks arrive back from an expedition in an awful state. Then a buck arrives with the good news that the chief is alive but wounded. The chief returns to WD a few days later. He outlines his plan to rescue does from Efrafa. The next day, all of the bucks bar four leave. A few days later, in Efrafa, the young doe Nelthilta speaks to her mark captain. She asks if some does could be allowed to go on wide-patrol, knowing it will never happen. Hyzenthlay, Thethuthinang, Nelthilta and another doe are interrupted by a large Owlsa officer with a strange  fur cap on his head. He seems to know something about Hyzenthlay, who has never met him before. The buck tells her his real reason for being in Efrafa. He knows the bucks who escaped a few days earlier and is there to help does to escape. He asks her to pick the does who will escape herself. The next day thunder is approaching. That evening the escape does not go ahead. At morning Silflay Nelthilta is unable to resist making unwise remarks to the Mark Captain. Later Nelthilta is arrested. Hyzenthlay wakes the buck up to warn him and her tells her to gather the does immediately. The escape begins! The escaping does are told that the bird will help them soon. And then they see the chief approaching from the railway arch. Then the promised bird attacks! The does are guided by friends of the buck to a river and onto a wooden object. The buck says this is the promised trick. And suddenly, miraculously, the Chief is...gone. There is a scraping sound and darkness. Thrayonlosa is struck hard in the back. Then it is light again. Then, some time later there is a jolt. Hyzenthlay and the other efrafans are told to jump off the wooden object and swim, finding themselves in a tunnel filled with water, before ending up back on land. During the night, Thrayonlosa dies. The group set off north to their new home on WD. One of the efrafans is taken by a fox without warning. Then an efrafan wide-patrol appears. The rest of the group arrive This is enough to put the wide-patrol off causing any trouble and they leave. They arrive at their new home. Clover is pregnant. One evening there is a blind-panic. The efrafans have found them and there is a large group of bucks nearby! Everyone gets underground and holes start to be filled in. A short time later a small buck has a kind of fit. This seems to give the chief an idea. Soon the terrifying chief of Efrafa breaks through into the run, where there is a vicious fight between him and the concealed buck. And then, suddenly, it is over. The efrafan chief is gone. The chief arrives back having ridden in a hrududu. Amazed, Hyzenthlay recalls her vision in Efrafa.