Everwood 2026 – Day Ten – Trickster

Everwood 2026 – Day Ten – Trickster

• A third of Bruin was tightly fit—
• Not a good way to take a rest!
• The poor bear really is hard-pressed,
• Held a captive by the tree,
• While Renard (not known for charity,
• And let his confession not be made)
• Shouts that it’s he who’s been betrayed:
• “Bruin, I always did believe
• That you had something up your sleeve!
• You’re at the honey and won’t stop
• Until you’ve left me not a drop!
• Next time I’ll beat you at your game!
• But don’t you feel the slightest shame
• At eating all that lovely honey?
• And then, I suppose, I’ll get no money!
• I can imagine the kind of trick
• You’d have played on me had I fallen sick—
• You’d have brought rotten pears for a treat!”

The hardest part of the prompt trickster was choosing which trickster to use. I was especially concerned that I needed one that would fit into the setting. For a while, I was thinking of using some sort of primal spirit haunting the forest, but I didn’t think that would have made sense without contact.

I was in the middle of going through a list of cultural tricksters when I realized that the perfect choice would be Reynard the Fox.

So here is one of the more memorable scenes from the story cycles where Reynard tricks Bruin the Bear into getting his paw stuck in a split log.

While this was a little rushed, I’m happy with how this one turned out. In fact, I think it makes a good rough draft for another piece for my Children’s Art portfolio.