Readergirlz writing contest 4: Our Winner and Runner Up

The final challenge in the readergirlz contest asked writers to study an existing place and see in it something new—to see in a forest nook, for example, a living room, or a in a series of shop windows a shelf crowded with books. Our winner is Charlotte from Australia, who saw in this image not just the fence and the trees beyond but, in her words, an escape route:

Changing Views

I tilted my head; squinting. As always the curtains were parted just wide enough for me to glimpse the world...