Chapter 6
Bramble's Worried Words
Practical villager Bramble voices the community's anxieties. He speaks of failing harvests and the looming threat of starvation, his words reflecting the widespread panic taking hold of Berrywood.
The air in Berrywood, usually alive with the cheerful chatter of villagers and the rustle of healthy leaves, had grown heavy and still. A silence, thick with worry, had settled over the once-vibrant community. Mowe, his small paws tucked beneath him on the porch of his cozy burrow, felt the oppressive weight of it. He’d spent the morning watching the leaves of the Great Berry Tree, usually a riot of ruby red and emerald green, turn a sickly, dusty brown. A shiver, not of cold, but of deep unease, traced its way down his spine.
He remembered the day before, when Bramble, his brow furrowed deeper than usual, had stopped by his burrow. Bramble was a practical sort, his hands calloused from working the soil, his mind always on the next harvest. He wasn’t one for fanciful notions or idle gossip. When Bramble was worried, everyone was worried.
“Mowe,” Bramble had begun, his voice rough with concern, his gaze sweeping over the wilting berry bushes that lined Mowe’s path. “Have you seen the crops? It’s worse than I imagined.”
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