被称为“兔子版指环王”的经典《Watership Down 》沃特希普荒原 从经典小说到动画 陪

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在英国文学史上，有这样一本关于兔子的小说，被誉为“给大人看的童话”，也深受孩子们喜爱——它就是 Richard Adams（理查德·亚当斯）创作的经典作品《Watership Down》（《沃特希普荒原》）。这本书不仅荣获卡内基儿童文学奖、卫报儿童小说奖，还被改编成动画电影、电视剧和Netflix新版动画，跨越半个世纪依然吸引一代又一代读者与观众。

📖 原著小说介绍

出版时间：1972年

作者：Richard Adams（理查德·亚当斯）

获奖情况：1972年卡内基儿童文学奖、1972年卫报儿童小说奖

适读年龄：11岁以上，尤其推荐给青少年和成年人

故事梗概《Watership Down》讲述了一群兔子为了生存，离开即将被毁坏的家园，踏上寻找新栖息地的冒险旅程。主角海泽尔（Hazel）、菲弗（Fiver）、大力士（Bigwig）等兔子们，不仅要面对自然界的危险，还要对抗强权与暴力的“兔子社会”。

虽然是动物视角，但小说的主题深刻：

生存与自由

领导与合作

战争与和平

自然与人类的关系



这也是为什么评论界常说，《Watership Down》是“用兔子写的《指环王》”，它不仅是儿童文学，也是一部寓言般的史诗。

PART I The Journey

1. The Notice Board

CHORUS: Why do you cry out thus, unless at some vision of horror?

CASSANDRA: The house reeks of death and dripping blood.

CHORUS: How so? 'Tis but the odor of the altar sacrifice.

CASSANDRA: The stench is like a breath from the tomb.

Aeschylus,Agamemnon

The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood, where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog's mercury and oak-tree roots. On the other side of the fence, the upper part of the field was full of rabbit holes. In places the grass was gone altogether and everywhere there were clusters of dry droppings, through which nothing but the ragwort would grow. A hundred yards away, at the bottom of the slope, ran the brook, no more than three feet wide, half choked with kingcups, watercress and blue brooklime. The cart track crossed by a brick culvert and climbed the opposite slope to a five-barred gate in the thorn hedge. The gate led into the lane.

The May sunset was red in clouds, and there was still half an hour to twilight. The dry slope was dotted with rabbits--some nibbling at the thin grass near their holes, others pushing further down to look for dandelions or perhaps a cowslip that the rest had missed. Here and there one sat upright on an ant heap and looked about, with ears erect and nose in the wind. But a blackbird, singing undisturbed on the outskirts of the wood, showed that there was nothing alarming there, and in the other direction, along the brook, all was plain to be seen, empty and quiet. The warren was at peace.

🎬 动画与影视改编

《Watership Down》因其文学影响力，多次被搬上银幕：



1. 1978年动画电影

导演：Martin Rosen

特点：画风写实，氛围较为黑暗

亮点：片尾曲

Bright Eyes

（由Art Garfunkel演唱）成为英国榜单冠军

注意：其中一些场景（如掠食、战争）较为血腥，不适合低龄儿童



2. 1999–2001年TV动画剧集

制作：英国与加拿大合拍

风格：更偏向儿童观众，弱化了血腥与压抑

共39集，适合9岁以上孩子观看

新增角色和支线故事，更强调友情与冒险



3. 2018年Netflix & BBC新版动画剧集

采用CG动画，分4集

配音阵容豪华：James McAvoy、Nicholas Hoult、John Boyega、Olivia Colman 等

剧情更贴近原著，保留深刻主题，但视觉表现比1978年版温和一些

适合青少年及家庭共同观看



为什么要推荐孩子读/看《Watership Down》？

文学价值：语言优美，故事层次丰富，获奖无数，是英语经典读物。

思维启发：借兔子之口探讨自由、领导、牺牲等问题，帮助孩子思考社会与人生。

亲子共读佳作：家长可以和孩子一起读书、看动画，并讨论里面的寓意。

跨媒介体验：从文字到动画，让孩子在多种形式中感受同一经典故事的不同魅力。



《Watership Down》不仅是一部关于兔子的冒险故事，更是一部关于生命与自由的寓言。它既能带孩子走进一个奇幻的自然世界，也能让父母和孩子一起思考更深层次的社会与人生问题。

如果你正在寻找一部既有文学深度，又能带来冒险乐趣的作品，《Watership Down》无论是书还是动画，都是非常值得推荐的选择。