The girl was disoriented and slightly dizzy as she sat on the branch of the oak tree.<em>What a way to travel!  How come I never knew that was possible? </em>She sent a silent prayer of thanks to the Goddess for getting her here unscathed, now she just had to find her way to the clearing.<br/><br/>She looked around her at the lush green forest, and her eyes widened.  She followed the trunks of the trees around her, up and up and up, until her neck was as far back as it would go.  Phaedra had spent much of her life in the forest, but never had she seen trees as tall as these.  Even the Oaks were taller than the ones back home.<br/><br/>She was still gazing around in awe when her eyes widened even further.  Her breath caught, and she scooted even further back on the branch where she was until her back was up against the trunk.  A huge, and she meant huge, white tiger was sitting near the base of the tree looking up at her.  Now what was she to do?  She couldn’t get down, and she didn’t want to go back.  She looked around and found that she could climb onto another branch of the tree, perhaps if she moved around to the opposite side of the tree from the tiger she could get down quietly and head off into the undergrowth without it realising.  It was just sitting there, not prowling about, not trying to leap up at her, so it didn’t look hungry.<br/><br/><em>Well I certainly can’t sit here all day</em>she thought, and so very slowly and very quietly began to slide around the trunk of the tree, moving down to a lower branch.  Eventually she managed to let herself down to the floor, and without looking behind, headed for the nearest thick bush.  She could hide there and hopefully the tiger would get bored and leave.<br/>