Crow Princess, Page 33

PAGE 33

Panel 1

A flashback scene. Someone throws something at a tree.

VOICE: I bet I can knock it out of the tree!

SFX: THUNK!

Panel 2

Queen Oreb's nest is disturbed, her eggs exposed to the cold.

NARRATION: Her eggs cooled.

NARRATION: When she finally could return, her eggs were too cold to be alive.

Panel 3

Queen Oreb mourns over her cold eggs.

QUEEN OREB: No! My beautiful Branwen! You cannot leave me like this. Please come back!

Panel 4

Two small spirits—a baby crow (Branwen) and a human baby (Cora)—float together as voices call to them from different directions.

VOICE: Branwen! Come back!

VOICE: Cora! Don't go!

Panel 5

The two spirits look confused.

NARRATION: We weren't far enough away to ignore our mothers' calls, and we messed up...

NARRATION: ...We went the wrong way.

And here again children are portrayed as the antagonists of this story. Those rascals!

Comments (Archived)

  1. Hidle

    One of the boys is wearing an Ash Ketchum hat from Pokemon. … Or maybe it’s just me?