The Adventure of Ethel

It’s the story of Ethel, an overgrown little girl who feels too big, lonely and who, after a series of misadventures, ends up saving her village.

This written and illustrated story emerged as part of the Folktale week challenge held on Instagram at the end of 2022, on the basis of one word per image. Here are a few extracts.

Painting depicting Ethel, a young girl standing at the top of a blue mountain, with a small grey dog at her side. She is wearing a red dress with a red cape that flutters in the wind. In the distance, you can see blue mountains, a blue-yellow sky and a village below.
Painting of a photograph taking a picture of pupils, in front of a school in the moutains. One girl in red is taller than he others.

Ethel is tall, very tall, too tall and so clumsy (…)

Painting of a girl with a red cape looking at herself in the mirror.

Ethel put on her superheroine costume, which she was keeping for a special occasion.

A girl in red stading on a balcony cries. People walk underneath.

Ethel needs to act quickly. She tries to warn the villagers of the danger that awaited them (…)

 
A girl with a red cape and a dog stand on a steep slope holding a large stone.

When the rock breaks off the mountain, Ethel is ready. She uses all her strength to hold it back and stop it (…)

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