The Brave Little Girl and The Ring

UPDATE! The writing contest associated with this picture is now closed. The winners are:

First Place: ~tfxman
tfxman's entry was a free verse poem that interpreted the picture as an allegory for a child leaving his/her overbearing mother. [link]

Second Place: ~llo7
llo7's entry really stood out for its originality (and good writing of course). [link]

Third Place: ~Cwolf0615
This got the nod because of the great writing and the quick and effective establishment of character and atmosphere. [link]

Another ballpoint doodle. I'm having fun with these lately. I started drawing a house, because it's not something I do normally (or at all, really), so I thought I'd challenge myself. And since a house can't just be a house (that would be boring), I just let my imagination go. There's no story behind this. I was going to get up off the couch to look up how to draw trees, but I got lazy and just drew them the way I did in kindergarten.