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"Oooh, I'm getting too old to scamper across logs like this..."

"Hey, Dad, check this out. Someone put up a sign calling that tree a toll bridge."

"Huh. Hope they're not expecting much for it."

"It....actually doesn't say what the toll is. Nor who to pay it to..."

Actually, the toll is to be paid to the bridge herself. And as soon as the elder hunter steps off of her, the Wood Nymph they just crossed will tranform back from tree into woman, and kindly request that one of the hunters reward her for her services. I'm sure they'll figure out a way...

...Looking back at this drawing, I see two things wrong with the concept. First, the Wood Nymph--supposedly a tree-sized tree spirit--is so much bigger than any other pictured trees. Second, the young hunter is reading.

I suppose I can explain the first by saying that since the Wood Nymph spends most her time with her feet (roots) in the bottom of a gulley, she has a chance to grow extra big. And that she trims away any competing trees that might block her water or her sun, and that may serve as a 'free' bridge across the gulley should they fall. As to the second, I dunno/ I don't really want these two to be educated nobles...But maybe there's some religious order that will teach basic literacy to the country-folk...

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"Oooh, I'm getting too old to scamper across logs like this..."

"Hey, Dad, check this out. Someone put up a sign calling that tree a toll bridge."

"Huh. Hope they're not expecting much for it."

"It....actually doesn't say what the toll is. Nor who to pay it to..."

Actually, the toll is to be paid to the bridge herself. And as soon as the elder hunter steps off of her, the Wood Nymph they just crossed will tranform back from tree into woman, and kindly request that one of the hunters reward her for her services. I'm sure they'll figure out a way...

...Looking back at this drawing, I see two things wrong with the concept. First, the Wood Nymph--supposedly a tree-sized tree spirit--is so much bigger than any other pictured trees. Second, the young hunter is reading.

I suppose I can explain the first by saying that since the Wood Nymph spends most her time with her feet (roots) in the bottom of a gulley, she has a chance to grow extra big. And that she trims away any competing trees that might block her water or her sun, and that may serve as a 'free' bridge across the gulley should they fall. As to the second, I dunno/ I don't really want these two to be educated nobles...But maybe there's some religious order that will teach basic literacy to the country-folk...