Here is an excerpt from Benk and the Ugly Princess:
Rose stayed in her fir tree the rest of the night, her heart jumping. When morning came, she climbed stiffly down. She had spent a day and a night in that tree, and she couldn’t endure another minute. The gurgle of the stream was driving her crazy.
Kneeling in the stream, the girl scooped water up in her hands until her thirst was satisfied. Then she stood and wiped her mouth and hands on one of the dry parts of her dress.
“Time to move on,” she said without making much sound.
It was the first time she had traveled during the day since her escape. She felt uncomfortably exposed by the bright sunlight, but it was the obvious thing to do. The Yospaldons had said that wedewolves hunted at night. If she traveled by day, maybe she could sneak past them.
“No one from the castle will climb this high. I should relax. I’m sure it would be good for me.”
Again she spoke very quietly. A whisper would have been louder. Nervousness was still making her talk, but the effort to quit using a normal voice, which had been impossible down in the forested parts of the mountain, was coming easily now. She didn’t know if she could have spoken louder if she’d tried. The wedewolves of the high mountain terrain had insisted on proving their existence, and there was nothing she could do about it.
For the rest of Chapter 4, Read the sample chapter here.