I LOVED this book, even though it was sexist, and I don't think I have ever said that about another book ever. I have pet rabbits, so it was especially profound for me, but I was riveted, utterly riveted from the very beginning, and I cried several times. I walked out of a play where I was a volunteer usher to finish it in the lobby. I will think of Hazel when making a big decision, and whenever I look at my little pet Katmandhu I see Fiver... Bigwig will live forever in my heart.