With the inspiration of David M. Bird (Becorns, https://www.davidmbird.com/ and others), I developed the notion of Seacorns (after all, there are acorns, Becorns, and now Seacorns!), small oaken folk, one of whom discovered me and helped me create the Sabateau, a sail boat made from a discarded wooden shoe. This is Enthwhistle, who, having been spurned by the village elder's young daughter (she really wasn't that cute), finds adventure in forests, rocky crags and eventually open waters!