Hi CL - your comment and Kaffe Dieam's really struck me. Good point.
JTB - Really enjoying Watership Down - I'm about half way through. He told this story to his daughters while driving around England, eh? Must have been a heck of a long drive! Lots of good examples of leadership so far....though I noticed that so far it's been a group of men (em, I mean male rabbits). Sense that is about to change, though. Anyway, lots of similarities to other great heroic stories, Homer to Lost. I suppose that's one of the points!