This is a wonderful story, @fantom22. Your descriptions are amazing. Vivid. We can see and hear the beauty and wildness of the forest, as you describe it. Your portrayal of Carol is very good. You set the stage for what eventually happens. She is disobedient, we are warned, and it is this disobedient nature that leads her to be kidnapped.

In the end, you could have sugar-coated the resolution. But you don't do that. It takes a long time for Carol to readjust to her biological family. She never entirely loses the 'wildness'.

You have a good arc, and really outstanding use of the prompt.

Thank you for submitting this for Inkwell's August contest!