Chapter 1 : Lost Squirrel
"Little girl, what are you doing here?"
A woman stood under an old Oak tree, staring at the little girl sitting quietly on the tree trunk.
The sound of the little girl crying could be heard. Then, the woman tried to embrace the little girl.
"Why are you crying, little girl?"
Worried, the woman couldn't let the little girl grieve.
"I-I'm lost."
The little girl's short, shy answer made her instantly understand her situation.
"I see. Let me take you. Where is your home?"
Having such a big heart, the woman couldn't leave a lost girl behind.
"T-the Enchanted Forest."
She was hearing the place mentioned by the little girl. The woman looked confused. It was foreign and sounded strange.
"The Enchanted Forest? Where is it?"
A place she had never heard of before. She wanted to be clear on where it was.
"I-I don't know."
Confusion filled the woman's head. If the little girl didn't know where it was, how could she deliver this little girl?
Trying to find another way. However, there seemed to be no other way. Everything was a dead end.
The woman's big heart wavered. She didn't want to leave the little girl behind.
The woman's little brain was spinning hard, trying to find a way to deliver the little girl.
Silent for a while, an idea popped into her head.
"Then, we'll look for her together! How about it?"
"Eh?"
The little girl was surprised, astonished at what the woman was suggesting.
Who would drive a stranger to a place where no one even knew where it was?
It was apparent that the woman's proposal was foolish. It was so stupid that the little girl felt happy that someone was helping her despite not knowing where the Enchanted Forest was.
"Don't cry already! Now Big Sister will take you back home."
The woman then pulled the hand of the sad little girl. With great joy, the woman would take the little girl to find a place called the Enchanted Forest.
"By the way, what's your name?"
It would be difficult not knowing each other's names. The woman wanted to get closer to the little girl.
"Ayunda Risu."
Staring at the little girl, the woman watched her face. The name the little girl had mentioned matched her appearance; beautiful and sweet.
"Alright, Risu! My name is Charu. Let's go find the Enchanted Forest!"
So they began to search for a strange place where no one knew its location.