[Sketch Story] The Whispering Tree

I've been enjoying putting a bit of narrative to some of my sketches. Here's a tiny sketch story done in graphite on toned paper in my story journal.

"The Whispering Tree Sketch" - Completed on July 9th, 2014

"The Whispering Tree" - by K. LeCrone

No one knew who tied the silk-fine threads around the old forest oak. It had fallen out of memory who named her. Her mighty roots stretched deep into the warm, wet earth, and she had long-since shucked off the need for her golden crest of leaves. Now, she simply waited, and she whispered.