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Back in the wilderness

Hilda is back in the wilderness

And is reminded of how peaceful it is there.

But she has to get back home before her mom gets worried

One problem; she doesn’t know what direction home is. And her attempts to navigate don’t work

To her joy, she runs into her old friend the Wood Man, who is playing cards with some Elves.

He’s willing to help Hilda get home. But first he wants to win a few games to make up for his losses.

Which may take a while, since it’s not his lucky day

One of the Elves, Barch, offers to help Hilda send her mom an email.

Hilda agrees and writes the letter. Barch promises to post it later

Captive of the Forest Giant

Wood Man admits he just lost Hilda…

…but not to one of the Elves. There was a Forest Giant playing along as well.

The giant claims his prize

He’s annoyed Hilda didn’t even notice him till now. Humans always overlook him.

The giant takes Hilda to a tree in which he stores his possessions

He thinks he won’t have to feed her for at least a few months

Climbing down is not an option.

Hilda will have tot hink of something else to escape

She gets bored.

Then Wood Man shows up at the tree. It turns out he lost Hilda to the giant on purpose.

Just like how he lost a rope ladder to him some time ago. He instructs Hilda to use it.

The Wood Man also enters the tree to take back some stuff he lost to the giant. And some stuff he didn’t lose, but likes anyway.

Unfortunately, the giant catches them red handed

Thinking quickly, the Wood Man uses some bellows agaist the giant…

…blinding him temporarily. Hilda and the Wood Man make a run for it.

But the Wood Man loses his loot in the process

The giant gives chase, chastising Hilda and Wood Man that they would never have robbed a “proper giant” this way…

…and immediately regrets his choice of words.

While the giant is distracted by his faux pas, Hilda and Wood Man escape him.

Unfortunately, during the chase, the Wood Man lost his own sense of direction. He’s now as lost as Hilda is.

Email

Barch meanwhile takes Hilda’s letter to the post office.

And through a combination of pneumatic tubes…

…and multiple couriers…

…the letter is quickly brought to Trolberg.

Alfur accepts the letter on Johanna’s behalf

But Johanna is too worried about Hilda to notice Alfur

Only after he falls into her coffee does Johanna notice Alfur.

She’s glad to read Hilda is okay, even though she doesn’t fully trust the Wood Man

Alfur offers to trace the letter back to the sender, and thus hopefully Hilda

And immediately sets out with Twig

As night falls, he reaches the post office and learns the letter was posted by Barch.

He and Twig track down Barch and his friends.

But when Alfur asks about Hilda, Barch insists he wins this information with poker.

Alfur reluctantly agrees.

The house

Elsewhere, Hilda and Wood Man are still lost. Wood Man’s accusations that Hilda became a city girl don’t help.

Hilda suggests settling down for the night. An advice the Wood Man follows a bit too literally.

Hilda gathers some great pine needles for the night.

But then she spots a much better place to sleep; a house.

As usual, Wood Man enters without knocking. Hilda angrily follows.

The house seems abandoned, despite the lights being on.

They find a kettle with boiled water, and their favorite flavors of tea.

There is also a burning fire…

…records…

…and even a guitar, so the Wood Man gets to play his music.

While Hilda retires for the night.

The following day, Hilda finds breakfast waiting. But the Wood Man claims he didn’t make it.

After breakfast, Hilda wants to continue her search for Trolberg

But the door is locked, and neither Hilda….

…nor the Wood Man can open it.

The Wood Man tries the window…

…but he falls straight back in through the chimney.

They try their luck upstairs, but the staircase instead traps them in an endless loop.

And then the house begins to change in bizarre ways.

Their last hope is the door to the attic…

…but it leads straight back to the living room.

The house doesn’t want them to leave, but it does create more food for them.

Friends reunited

After playing all night, Alfur finally learns about Hilda being taken by a Forest Giant.

But she’s already gone when he and Twig reach the giants tree.

The giant catches them snooping around

He demands to know where Hilda is, and isn’t pleased that Alfur and Twig don’t know.

Fortunately, the Great Raven comes to their rescue…

…and quickly drives the giant off.

Raven was also looking for Hilda.

Then Twig notices the house in the distance

In the house, Hilda and Wood Man make the best of the situation. Hilda even asks the house for a new copy of Frida’s missing book.

But it won’t do her any good if they can’t escape. She wants to see her friends right now…

…and promptly gets her wish.

Sadly, Raven allows the door to slam shut again. Now they’re all trapped.

Escape

Hilda and Wood Man bring their friends up to speed.

Raven, Twig and Alfur immediately test the powers of the house.

Hilda’s had enough already, and in her anger dares the house to give her all her belongings. It tries, but clearly has trouble maintaining them.

Spotting an opportunity, all prisoners begin to ask for loads of objects.

Soon the house is crammed with objects, and it’s starting to malfunction.

But it becomes harder and harder for everybody to think of new objects.

Then, as the house is overloaded already, Hilda demands a way home.

That finally does the trick…

…and the house forms a door straight to Hilda’s home in Trolberg.

Escape at last.

Seeing her mom again is enough proof for Hilda that it’s no trick; she really is home.

But their freedom comes at a price; all things they wished for disappear.

There’s no denying it for Hilda; Trolberg really is her home now

Wood Man objects; the wilderness will always be part of Hilda

Wood Man leaves, but does admit he considers Hilda a friend

Miscellaneous

Stairs layout by Judith de Repentigny