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Wren, the little forest girl, hopped lazily from rock to rock across the stream. Overhead, a sprawling patch of dogwoods stretched beneath the sun’s rays, painting the waters in dramatic shadow. The beauty of the stream was lost on her, she had a singular focus: chasing the Summer Azure butterflies. “Where do you go for the winter?” she asked with a desperate whine in her voice. The butterflies loved this...
Submitted to Contest #190
Winter was fast approaching and Wren, a young girl of the forest, was searching for ways to stay warm. First, she found an enormous bear's den. Carved amongst the exposed roots of a fallen tree, she dragged her fingers along the smooth grooves of a root and small tufts of dry soil crumbled back to the earth. She smiled and grabbed the branch, giving it three big shakes until large cascades of soil crumbled to the earth, ...
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