How Much Does An Acorn Cost?
A tiny tiny girl works in the forest Below-Places, unseen and forgotten. When a terrible storm threatens the great Machine, she emerges from the darkness to save it and catches the eye of Great-Big Martin Bear, the most powerful creature in the forest.
Lifted from obscurity, she becomes his most trusted and very very best friend, his right hand, the heart of everything. He promises forever. She believes him. Of course she does.
But then the weasel comes. With his dancing numbers and his slippery words, he offers Martin Bear a choice: acorns over loyalty, and betrayal over integrity.
What happens next will break your heart and show you that sometimes, in the end, promises are made of only dandelion fluff.