Peter Mink in "How Peter Was Different"

There were two ways in which Peter Mink was different from any other person in Pleasant Valley, or on Blue Mountain, either. In the first place, he had no home; and in the second, he had a very long neck. The reason why Peter had no home was because he didn't want one. And the reason why he had such a long neck was because he couldn't help it. When he grew sleepy he would crawl into any snug place he happened to find—sometimes in a hollow stump, or in a pile of rocks, or a haystack. And often he even drove a muskrat out of his house, so he could sleep there.