The Village Beneath The Great Tree #4

"But the two brothers were just as stubborn as they were mischievous." "Instead of waiting around for Little Pinesworth to do something, they would be the ones to take action." "And sure enough, after pacing up and down, they had an idea." "With a load of string they found near the railway tracks, they would use it to climb up and out of the village and into the tree itself to look for help." "If there WAS anything living up there in the branches, they would soon find out." "Emmett was (understandably) very nervous about the daunting task that lay ahead... about their combined ascent up into the unknown, into a place beyond the comfort of where they called home." "But Cecil, for all of his mischief and tricks was determined to bring the star it's missing piece back, so that the joy and merriment of Christmas could come back in full." "Once they managed to find a way up, they began to scale the string... all the way up into the illuminated evergreen above..."