King Elk Forest instruo

She looked to him.
He was silent and watchful.
She looked around. What had he seen?
The birds still sang and there were no scents drifting through the air that signalled danger.
He was just his typical guardian.

"This is Cardinal," she explained. He surely had no idea. "The leaves of this will help treat colds and stomach pains in the winter." When food was scarce and they ate all they could find to survive, it would be much needed.
She plucked the leaves from the plant, the tips only just turning brown. Just in time.

She piled the leaves neatly, then started to dig up the root, the mud turning her white socks brown.
A pseudo-Déorwine.