Alfie grinned an honest, wide sort of grin, and true to his word he sat down on the wet grass just the other side of the first row of trees. They made a dark sort of canopy, but birds were singing and sun was shining in through the leaves still. Just at the edge of the forest in the middle of the day, there wasn't anything foreboding.
He patted the patch of grass next to himself, and leaned his back against the large tree. "Come on, it's fine."