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Merry Christmas for whenever Christmas is for everyone. For those who are in Australia like me, Merry Christmas for Tuesday! Anyway, on with the chapter.

Chapter 3

Help

I walked on a small path through the forest to go to the tree I pray at, and noticed it was getting overgrown.

I ducked under branches and climbed over a fallen tree.

Soon, the small clearing came into view and I began to slow down. I took in my surroundings as per usual and took of my shoes.

I liked to feel the soft grass under my feet. I had never felt grass this soft.

I watched a couple of small birds play in the air, and I felt at peace for once.

I had a feeling something was going to happen, something life changing. I didn't know why, but I just did.

I walked over to the tree and sat down under its branches in the shade.

It was still afternoon, but the sun begun to turn an orange-gold colour.

As I watched a butterfly flit by, I heard movement behind me.

Expecting some kind of animal, I turned around, but instead found a girl lying unconscious under the tree.

She looked about my age and had green hair. But her hair was a more of a blue-green, like the ocean.

I noticed her arms were curled around something, and began to unfold them.

She winced as I moved her right arm and I thought it must be broken.

When I moved her other arm, the small head of a squirrel popped out. It scurried out from beneath her arms and back up the tree to where a larger squirrel was waiting and watching, probably it's mother.

I looked back at the girl and felt that I just had to help her, that it was just so important.

I rushed back to my little house and found the old wheelbarrow father had used in the garden.

I got some blankets and lined the inside of the bucket area of the wheel barrow to make some padding.

I rushed back to the clearing getting scratched by branches and tripping over roots. I had to go around the fallen tree and that took some time.

When I got back to the tree, some small finches were hopping around the girl and they flew away when I got near.

I loaded the girl into the wheelbarrow as carefully as I could and slowly made my way back home.

I didn't see any people because my hose is near the edge of the village and the forest is on the outskirts of the village. I was glad of that for people could have mistaken me for a kidnapper.

I pushed the wheelbarrow around the back of the house and up to the back door.

I somehow managed to carry the girl inside the house and onto my bed.

I fetched some bandages, a bowl of water, a small cloth and some ice.

I bandaged the girl's arm and held it in place with another, cleaned some scrapes on her face and other arm and then placed the ice in the cloth and placed it on her ankle, which was bruised and swollen.

I then got myself cleaned up and proceeded to make a light snack of some biscuits.

I took them to my room along with the book I was reading at the time and waited to see if the girl woke up.

When nightfall came, I made myself a small bed of the floor using a lot of blankets and sheets. I turned off all the lights and began to drift off to sleep.

"Maybe, she will be awake by morning" I thought as I drifted into a dreamless sleep.

So, who is the mystery girl? Most of you will know already because of the song, but anyway.

R&R & Merry Christmas!