The Legend
This is the legend of my town, it has been passed down from generation to generation so that we might never forget what our founders did for us.
In the days of old when dragons and elves and dryads still roamed the earth, the human race had not fully populated the earth yet and we were struggling to survive. There was a girl who lived in the forest all her live, and knew how to survive and hunt, and find shelter. One day she went out and saw a man near the forest with some workers. He was trying to build a town but the dragons and monsters kept attacking and causing trouble. The girl knew she must help so she went deeper into the forest and asked the dragons and monsters to leave them alone. The monsters respected her and left them alone. But the workers could not get wood, because the dryads were attacking them. The girl went and spoke to the dryads, but the dryads would not die merely so that the humans could get wood. The girl knew what she must do. So she went out the forest to where the man and the workers were. And using the deep power and magic of the earth she created a town for them them out of stone and dirt. The man saw her and fell in love. He convinced her to stay and help them, and teach them more. The girl saw they needed her and stayed. She soon fell in love with the man and the married. They had many children with special talents. So our town was born with our houses of stone and children with many talents. To honor our founders, at the age of 14 our sons and daughters must go into the very same woods and survive there for a year, and when they come back they will be welcomed as heroes and men and women.
And that's where my story begins when me and my brother enter the forest
