A young girl falls asleep listening to a winter storm and dreams of her tree castle where she’s the queen sitting on a throne of branches. She’s awoken by the creak, crack, crash and thud of her favorite branch falling in an ice storm.  She’s devastated.  It isn’t just a branch to her and she’s unwilling to give it up.  Her mother agrees to let her keep it for a little while. During the cleanup of the neighborhood, the girl notices the elderly next-door neighbor, Mr. Frank with his chainsaw.  Mr Frank notices the girls long face.  Mr. Frank helps the girl recognize the potential in the fallen branch.  With tools, time, and elbow grease, the two work together on weekends and sometimes after school in Mr. Frank’s workshop.  They draw plans, measure, saw, dry the wood, plane, make holes, sand, and varnish. Finally their creation is pictured – a swing. Now her branch can again be her castle, her spy base, her ship.

A story of the importance of imagination, creativity, and relationships.