We were going like this for around an hour, complete silence. No words were said, only wind and the horse's hooves could be heard. But after another few minutes, the carriage stopped. The horses didn't move. I looked in front of us and noticed that on the opposite side of the laying trunk were some people. They also got slightly confused, I looked at the bottom of the tree. It was covered in black ash, Lily and Lisa also came out from the carriage.
"Hey! Are you going in that direction?!" The man from the other side screamed. I heard his words but found no notice nor interest in what he said. Why would he ask that?
"Yes, but why do you ask?" I screamed not too loudly. He probably heard but maybe he pretended not to? His face seemed disgusted. He went back to the carriage and after another few seconds, two people with black axes came out and started chopping the wood. They approached our carriage.