Alder the Badger

Alder’s story

Alder is a warm and wise badger with a gift for storytelling. He lives at Hearthwood Hollow, where the great hearth has never once gone out, and he spends his evenings telling tales to anyone who wanders close enough to listen. Alder collects moments the way other folks collect stones — he remembers what matters and helps everyone else see the wonder hidden in their own stories.

Whether he is beside the fire or walking a forest path with his good walking stick, Alder always has a tale ready. He likes to say, “Every life is a story worth telling.

Far, far away on the very edge of the world, where a ring of little cottages gathers around one great hearth that has never once gone out.