SCBWI Write This! Contest

This month, the prompt was: write a character description for a children’s book in 50 words or less. Integrate the word, sense, or theme inspired by “wart.”

I wrote

 

He hangs his heavy head, mossy beard alighting on the ground. Birds in his leafy hair rustle their wings at the disturbance. Mordecai once walked the land, but for years now, ages, he has been waiting for you to take his warty hand and share your wonder of the world.