The Refuge

Eva started the journey back to her village. It wasn't easy trying to remember her way back as she hadn't been to this area of the forest before. Three days later she arrived and immediately began to gather friends to help her with her quest. They filled their trail packs with provisions for the trip and set out for the falls. She hoped she could remember her way there again. After a few wrong guesses and almost four days of hiking they arrived at the falls. Everyone was awestruck with the beauty of the cascading water falling into the increasingly dense mist below, near where they stood. They paused there to rest and eat. The climb to the top of the falls would require great strength and concentration. The misty, roaring air seemed filled with excitement.

While the opening scene of my new blog didn't evoke applause with the deafening sound of waterfalls, I was deeply gratified with the comments from a few of my fans. Speaking of waterfalls, I have a story to tell you...

Long ago in a country far, far away, there lived a woman adventurer named Eva Kaneeva. One day she was strolling through the forest and heard a faint roaring sound. She walked towards the sound and it grew louder with each step until, suddenly, she came into a clearing where she had the most breathtaking view of a huge waterfalls. She continued towards the falls and the cool mist felt refreshing on her face. She turned back to see that the clearing she had traversed was a small pocket of an area surrounded by the thick forest. She wondered how that area was a field of grass while everything else was forest. She turned again to face the falls and looked up to its source. She had to strain her neck as it was a very tall waterfall. Then she got an idea...