“And stay out, ya’ tiny freeloaders!” Jonas shouted as he shook a fist at the small figures fleeing from his clearing. Once they had receded into the treeline, he let out an angry sigh and headed back into his home, slamming the door behind him. The resulting boom echoed for miles. “Damn runts… Always trying to steal from me.”
He made his way back to his favorite armchair, melting into it as soon as he got in. He had intended on relaxing this evening, not chasing even more humans from his home. The little things were so annoying, always getting into places where they didn’t belong. They had their own towns and cities outside of giant country, why couldn’t they leave him alone? Dealing with them soured his mood 100% of the time.
At the very least, he could relax until he needed to go out and grab some fire wood later. Assuming no more humans got in his way that is.
Reclining in his chair, Jonas smiled and drifted off into a peaceful nap.
And mere hours later, he was out in the forest, chopping down one of the many pine trees that littered the surroundings. With every swing of his axe, the tree’s support wavered more and more. He was a practiced lumberjack, having built his cabin by himself, so chopping down just one tree was a simple matter. As the steady sound of wood splintering echoed into the cold night air, he briefly began to wonder how humans got around this forest in the first place. He could understand them getting through a forest their size in their lands, but a giant forest? The grass alone dwarfed them! They had to be plain stupid to get around. And that wasn’t even counting those ones who made little settlements nearby. He could never find them, but they were apparently close enough to break into his home regularly.
Jonas was suddenly snapped from his thoughts by the crackling of the tree finally falling over. He gave it a final push, allowing it to crash through the canopy and land with an earth-shattering THUMP on the ground. The giant sighed and wiped his forehead free of sweat. “Finally…”
Just as he began to stomp over to chop the tree up into more manageable pieces, his well-trained ears heard something. An almost imperceptible voice piercing through the cold night air. “It almost sounded like… crying?
Frowning, Jonas shrugged and walked over to continue his task. It wasn’t his problem after all. He lived by a simple code: never get involved in anyone else’s business. If someone were dumb enough to get hurt around here, that was their problem. Especially since it was probably a human wandering around his house. They deserved it then. But as he chopped up the lumber, the crying continued. It simply wouldn’t stop. And soon enough, he realized.
That was the sound of a baby crying.
With a start, Jonas felt a surge of panic run through him. Who the hell would leave a baby in a giant forest!? Especially if it were human!? And if it were crying for this long, no one was around to help… Before he knew what he was doing, Jonas was rushing off to the source. He followed his ears all the way to the edge of the clearing outside of his house, the crying becoming slightly louder and louder. Until finally, he was right upon it.
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