Redwall Book Report Essay - 1541 Words

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Redwall is about a young mouse named Matthias. He lived in an abbey called Redwall. Redwall was a nice, peaceful place until a rat called Cluny the Scourge came with his horde and tried to take it over. The night before the citizens of Redwall knew that Cluny was coming, Matthias and Brother Alf had caught a giant fish that was big enough to feed all of the animals inside of Redwall so they had a big feast. When Matthias and Constance the badger were taking some of the animals who lived outside of the abbey home, they saw Cluny and his horde rolling past in a hay cart so they went back to the abbey to warn everyone. Cluny took one of the empty houses to use as his camp site until he took over the abbey. The†¦show more content†¦Cluny fell from the tree along with some other rats. Cluny lived but the other rats that fell died instantly. When Matthias got back, Methuselah had found some secret writing where the tapestry had once been. It was a riddle that said â€Å"Who says that I am dead, Knows nought at all. I-am that is, two mice within Redwall, The warrior sleeps, ‘Twixt hall and cavern hole, I-am that is, Take on my mighty role. Look for the sword, In moonlight streaming forth, At night, when day’s first hour reflects the North From o’er the threshold, Seek and you will see; I-am that is, My sword will wield for me.† Methuselah and Matthias spent a while trying to figure out what it meant. Methuselah discovered that â€Å"I-am that is† meant I Matthias when you unscrambled the letters. He also found that one of the lines was talking about the staircase in Redwall. Methuselah and Matthias went to the staircase and thought about the riddle more. Somehow they figured out that they needed to remove the middle step, so they hat the moles take it out. After the stair was removed, the y found a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel they found Martin’s tomb. By the tomb they found his shield and his belt that held the sword but the sword wasn’t there. That night, they had set the shield down where the Riddle had instructed them to. They waited until midnight when the full moon was up. The reflection from the shield went to the