Terrouge E-zine Archives Mythologica Redwallia IV: Moles With
their quaint speech, honesty, and simple yet sound logic, moles
have long been a cherished staple of the Redwall books. In our
world, the line between cherished beastie and pernicious pest is
often blurred, but in the world of foremoles and deeper 'n' ever
pie, these friendly creatures are always some of the heroes of
the story. The mole is a creature with one of the most varied
reputations on earth, and literature has in fact seemed to
influence our interpretation of it quite a bit. Since Kenneth
Grahme's classic The Wind in the Willows, many people see moles
as quiet, shy creatures, mostly harmless and often keeping to
themselves. However, if you walk down the garden aisle of a
hardware store, you may see a tall canister of mole poison
alongside the bags of fertilizer. Moles, in their relative
obscurity as a species, seem to attract many different views
from different people. The same variety of opinions of moles
seems to have taken root in their