I love the painting and the story. The hairdo reminds me of Pippi Longstocking, and makes me smile. Everyone should have a stump in the forest for sitting and thinking and talking to God. I often played in a grove of very small trees on a slope back of our house. We had a creek, too, but I wasn't allowed to go play there alone until I was a bit older. I think my mother was worried I would slip on one of the rocks and fall in and hit my head and drown. I would have had the same concerns for my own children.
I'm not saying you could not have drowned but the chances are about 1 in 1 million. In the summer it really was a trickle of water
Thank YOU for the great compliment!!!!