 The story 's epilogue tells the reader of how Hazel , dozing in his burrow one " chilly , blustery morning in March " some years later , is visited by El @-@ <unk> , the spiritual overseer of all rabbits , and hero of many rabbit stories , who invites Hazel to join his own Owsla . Leaving his friends and no @-@ longer @-@ needed body behind , Hazel departs Watership Down with the spirit @-@ guide , " running easily down through the wood , where the first primroses were beginning to bloom . " 
