Life at the Lodge
The Fox at the Garden Gate
At the end of the garden there is a five-bar gate. Then the field. Then the hedge and the dark. That autumn, something came and stood at it in the evenings.
5 min read · 8 illustrated scenes
Sketch panel — final scene artwork in progress
Scene 1 of 8
It was the hour when the fields go blue. The hedge stops being a hedge. It becomes one long dark shape with rooks in the top of it. Jay was down at the coop with a torch in his teeth, counting hens. It does not take long to count two. Bo was walking the wall with his nose down.
Scene 1 of 8. It was the hour when the fields go blue. The hedge stops being a hedge. It becomes one long dark shape with rooks in the top of it. Jay was down at the coop with a torch in his teeth, counting hens. It does not take long to count two. Bo was walking the wall with his nose down.
Narration coming soon
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