Grouse Thicket come on trace the globe and shake your pants

his eyes roved the giantess' form. how -- how was she so big?

maman was big, and ani big also -- but this wolf.. valravn was in awe of her in a way that inspired tremors of fear. no matter how she smiled or bent to his level, she still came across as goliath to the boy who was hardly bigger than a bean.

he twisted a piece of branch nervously between his paws. should he answer her truthfully? he wished maman was here to scoop him up and away from this dark, nasty place that in a way reminded him of some distant dream where he was trapped in a swampy mire.

"no." the boy answered, a frown fretting his normally bright features. he was totally and entirely lost.