
Brace yourselves because you’re about to feel incredibly old: The Animals of Farthing Wood first graced our television screens 26 years ago.
Yup, that’s right, it’s been more than two decades since we first fell in love with Mole, Badger and Fox and their dangerous journey to White Deer Park.
And when we say dangerous, we really mean it. Contrary to what your memories might tell you Farthing Wood was not 100% not an, ahem, walk in the park as Twitter user @bilbo983 discovered when he re-watched the whole thing.
In fact, it turns out that the whole damn show was an absolute festival of horrors furnished with a heavy scent of death and misery. And it was aimed at children. The 90s were a very different time.
Here’s the full brutal rundown of death that you’ve no doubt blanked from your adult memories.
I’ve rewatched The Animals of Farthing Wood. Here’s the horrific casualty list in full. Brace yourselves... (1/13) https://t.co/IqUGZRZyfA— Ben (@Ben) 1517150053
• The newt family - burned to death • Mrs Pheasant - shot, cooked and presumably eaten • Mr Pheasant - shot dead… https://t.co/IWaRGhpczs— Ben (@Ben) 1517150056
• Baby rabbit - nearly strangled in a snare • Rabbit family almost drown in a river • The rabbits almost drown Fox,… https://t.co/HRHRrry5Yk— Ben (@Ben) 1517150058
• Fox and Vixen - almost hounded to death by a pack of ravenous dogs • Toad - almost eaten alive by a carp • Baby… https://t.co/CSP2mO0tHW— Ben (@Ben) 1517150062
• Mrs Fieldmouse - murdered and eaten by Kestrel within minutes of both of them arriving at White Deer Park • Cat… https://t.co/RaGpwAgrGj— Ben (@Ben) 1517150065
• Cat - attacked by Badger to protect Kestrel • Mr Vole - dies of hypothermia • Two deers and a blue fox shot dea… https://t.co/Kol1PyiOx3— Ben (@Ben) 1517150067
• Shadow the badger’s paw mangled in a trap • Bold the Fox’s eye mangled by barbed wire • Bold - shot by a farmer… https://t.co/PjMuwSVODe— Ben (@Ben) 1517150070
And the worst of all? Well, it’s got to be Badger hasn’t it?
No we’re not crying, we’re bawling.
HT: The Poke
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