Trees by Mushroom (flammulina Velutipes)
The woods were dangerous, or so they told the villagers huddling in their thin blankets, praying to the gods that did not listen.
They surrounded the southern border of the kingdom, thick and dark and full of things the villagers didn’t speak of. To say something’s name was to call it, and the villagers had enough trouble already.
The trees ended just outside the village, but a few remained, gnarled and knotted and twisted and bent, missing the darkness from which they came. The houses were weak and small, made of brush and sticks and prayers. They would not stand a chance if the woods wanted to grow into them, but the woods stayed where they were. For now, they were safe.
The palace protected them. That's what the villagers were told. The money they paid the king each year, the money they could barely afford to give, went to the king so that he could protect them from the woods. They wore their tattered clothes and lived in their tiny houses and wished the king wo...
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They surrounded the southern border of the kingdom, thick and dark and full of things the villagers didn’t speak of. To say something’s name was to call it, and the villagers had enough trouble already.
The trees ended just outside the village, but a few remained, gnarled and knotted and twisted and bent, missing the darkness from which they came. The houses were weak and small, made of brush and sticks and prayers. They would not stand a chance if the woods wanted to grow into them, but the woods stayed where they were. For now, they were safe.
The palace protected them. That's what the villagers were told. The money they paid the king each year, the money they could barely afford to give, went to the king so that he could protect them from the woods. They wore their tattered clothes and lived in their tiny houses and wished the king wo...
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Summary: The villagers fear the dark woods, protected by the king's palace. Mila, a girl from the village, be...
Review: This story beautifully captures the contrast between the oppressive village life and the illusory lu...
Get full Summary and Review on Shopee as low as 0.083!