You decide to venture deeper into the forest after smelling a pleasant
odor not far distant. Coming upon a small cottage, you and Kerri
reach the door. I very plump, and not at all unattractive,older woman
answers the door. Seeing two weary travelers, she invites them inside
for some food and tea. Too tired to argue, you and Kerri sit at a
comforatble table in the middle of a well used kitchen. Beginning to
feel more at ease around the old woman, you ask her for her name.
"My name is Esther, young man. Amd I am the keeper of this
forest. I have lived her for nine hundred years, with the sole
purpose of feeding starngers and protecting the creatures of the
forest." You...