Bluebell had been saying that he knew the men hated us for raiding their crops and gardens, and Toadflax answered, 'That wasn't why they destroyed the warren. It was just because we were in their way. They killed us to suit themselves.
Most of them had not understood Blackberry's discovery of the raft and at once forgot it.
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Most of them had not understood Blackberry's discovery of the raft and at once forgot it.
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