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THE members of the Haw family were not very different from those of the
Acorn family. Why should they be? They had lived side by side in the
same wood all their lives, and had grown up together under the same
circumstances.
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Their complexions were different, to be sure, but aside from this and
the difference in the shape of their heads, they were built on exactly
the same lines—round bodies, slender arms and legs.
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Like the Acorn family some had perfectly stiff limbs, while others were
provided with joints. The first were supposed to have rheumatism.
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The only wonder is that they did not all have it, going about as they
did, without any clothes, in all sorts of weather.