Auld Ben Thicket

Auld Ben Thicket was a jolly hill, home to lovely grasses and heathers and many trees including ash, oak and rowan. There were many animals there too, the deer, the hare, and the badger. Auld Ben Thicket was a happy hill and welcomed all who came. One day a bird came and dropped a seed. The seed grew and the plant got bigger. The plant spread and swallowed the grasses and spread again and swallowed the heather. The deer left first, then soon after the hare. Auld Ben Thicket could do nothing but watch. Soon the plant grew into the hill and chased out the badger. The plant continued to grow until came upon the ash, oak and rowan and it swallowed them too. The plant reached the top of the hill and exclaimed 'I seen you're beautiful nature from afar and journeyed all this way, overcoming many obstacles to meet you. Now that I am here, you're not what I thought you to be.'

Mags Black.