Once upon a time (this is, after all, the way proper tales begin), there lived a girl, deep in a secluded wood, far away from the world, surrounded by the tallest of the tall trees. Her eyes were the cool grey-blue color of the rocks where she sat to daydream, and her hair, the color of the tiny field mouse which lived beneath her favorite oak tree. Each day, she wandered into the great clearing where sunlight found its way, filtered through needles and leaves, to the forest floor, and dappled the mossy carpet. There, she danced in the breeze to the music of the fluttering leaves, and sat watching the busyness all around her. The flowers and mushrooms made her smile, and the tickly crawling bugs, going about their day, kept her company. She was… content… in her little world. Then, one day… “Hellooo-oh.” She looked up, and before […]