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"It gets worse and worse the further we go. Where are we going and how long will it be before some of us stop running for good and all? We want to go back. We think Fiver was wrong."
— Acorn wishing to return to Sandleford

Acorn was one of the original rabbits that left the Sandleford Warren with Hazel and Fiver.

Books[]

Watership Down[]

He was good friends with Speedwell, Buckthorn, and Hawkbit. Acorn, Hawkbit and Speedwell were considering returning back to Sandleford after their rough escape and journey. In the graphic novel, Bigwig bites Acorn's ear, causing it to bleed (or possibly Hawkbit's ear, see Trivia).

Acorn is mentioned as being one of the most skilled rabbits when it comes to gathering bugs for the wounded Kehaar.

When the group escape with the does from Efrara, Acorn gets struck by the bridge but is without injury, unlike Thrayonlosa who dies.

Acorn stops being mentioned near the end of the book. Despite this, Acorn is loyal to Hazel in the battle of the warren against General Woundwort even if his role during it is not described.

Tales from Watership Down[]

Acorn dies due to wintertime hardship (cold and hunger) in the Watership Down Warren, and is as such the only one of Hazel's original crew to actually die over the course of the two books (not counting Hazel‘s own death in the future).

Trivia[]

  • He is one of the few rabbits from the book to not appear in any of the adaptations, along with Buckthorn and Speedwell. However, he finally makes his first visual appearance in the Graphic Novel along with Buckthorn, but Speedwell remains absent.
  • Some of the panels in the Graphic Novel seem confusing to the degree there seems to be an error; on page 61, the text suggests Acorn is on the left. The panels then begin zooming onto the rabbit on the right whom Bigwig apparently bites. However, Hawkbit, who is apparently now on the left, then says, "Acorn, you're bleeding!" who is now supposedly the rabbit on the right. It is unclear which rabbit is which, and if the text should have said "Hawkbit, you're bleeding!" instead. In the book, though, it was Hawkbit who was bleeding, from the neck, as he was shown being licked by Acorn.
Rabbits
Cross-media
Sandleford Warren
BigwigBlackberryBluebellCaptain HollyDandelionFiverHawkbitHazelPipkinPimpernelSilverThrearahToadflax

Nuthanger Farm
BoxwoodCloverHaystackLaurel
Cowslip's Warren
CowslipKingcupLaburnumSilverweedStrawberry
Efrafa
BlackavarCaptain CampionCaptain ChervilCaptain OrchisGeneral WoundwortHyzenthlayRagwortSainfoinThethuthinnangThistleVervainVilthuril
Folklore
Black Rabbit of InléEl-ahrairahHufsaRabscuttle

Books only
Introduced in Watership Down
AcornAshAvensBartsiaBetonyBuckthornButterburCaptain BuglossCaptain MallowCharlockColtsfootFlescaGroundselMarjoramMoneywortNelthiltaNightshadeNildro-hainNose-in-the-AirPine NeedlesScabiousSnowdropSpeedwellThrayonlosaThrearThunder

Introduced in Tales from Watership Down
BurdockCelandineCrowfootCrowlaFescueFlyairthFoxgloveHeartseaseKing Fur-RociousKnapweedLemistaLoosestrifeMelsaMianMilmownNyreemPeertonPrakeQuiensRithlaSandwortStitchwortStonecropThrennionTindraWoodruff

AspenBlueskyButtercupCaptain BroomFelsparFlaxGentianGiliaGorseGraniteHeatherHickoryLarchMallowMarigoldMossPrimroseRaincloudRedShaleSnowdropSpartinaSpeaker of the Past
Film/Miniseries only
Dewdrop (Miniseries) • Nettle (Miniseries) • Violet (film)
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