What started as a simple idea—a girl who could draw anything into existence—quickly turned into one of the most emotional and layered fairy tales I’ve written so far.

Honestly, I didn’t know where it was going when I began. I just hit record and told the story aloud, like I often do. No plan. No outline. Just a girl in a garden, a magical feather, and the desire to create something beautiful.

But as I kept telling it, the story took a turn.

Suddenly it was about sisters. About envy and love, creativity and control. About what happens when we make things to share joy—versus when we try to create to fill some emptiness inside us.

And near the end—something happened I didn’t expect. You’ll hear it. I just followed the thread, and the ending kind of wrote itself.

So if you’ve got 20 minutes and want a cozy-but-powerful little parable with gardens, towers, feasts, and maybe even a miracle—hit play.

Link to the final version of the tale: https://fatherroderick.substack.com/p/the-girl-who-drew-the-world