Nearly an hour later, the quiet forest was no longer quiet.
The sound of countless footsteps echoed between the towering trees as the entire Squirrel Tribe finally arrived. Men, women, children, and elders all looked around with undisguised amazement. Many instinctively craned their necks backward, trying to see the tops of the colossal trees that disappeared into the thick canopy far above. None of them had ever ventured this deep into this part of the forest before. To them, these ancient giants had always been nothing more than another section of wilderness.
Now Aurora was telling them this wilderness could become their future home.
