Forest Hideaway

"At the center of the willow forest, there was a rustic version of... home."

- Henry reading from Isaac's novel

The Forest Hideaway is an Enchanted Forest location on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the third episode of the first season.

Trivia

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Storybook Notes

 * A page in Henry's storybook reads:

[image ends] This thief was quick and [image ends] [three illegible words], it was that she [image ends] place inside and out... and he did not. [illegible word] Prince would charge through the front door only to discover that she had fled through a secret back door. He would need a better plan. And as he gazed skyward, the Prince noticed a sturdy tree limb extended directly over the entrance to the hideaway. It gave him an idea. Inside the Prince's travel pack was a number of useful tools, from daggers and hooks to salves and oint- ments to soothe a variety of burns and wounds. But the pack also contained rope and netting for setting traps. [image ends]nd if the Prince worked carefully and used his materials [image ends]perly, he could construct a trap large enough to catch [image ends] thief. The Prince worked quickly and quietly, think- [image ends] entire time of the priceless ring that was so close [image ends] yet so far out of reach. Finally, the trap was [image ends] he swung the rope over the tree branch and [image ends] trap high above the entrance to the thief's [image ends] Then he tied an expert snare and laid it [image ends] doorstep. [image ends] allowed himself a tiny smile as he pictured [image ends]uld look like swinging gently in the [image ends]nd no honor, and woman or not, the [image ends] giving her a much-deserved comeup- [image ends] his sword and hid behind a nearby [image ends]


 * Another page reads:

Snow White's hideaway contained all the comforts of home but was by no means the castle she was accustomed to as a child. The small coal hearth could heat the tree but would scarcely have sufficed in keeping the mice warm at home. Her table wasn't big enough to accommodate more than one visitor, not that she ever had any, where her father's table in the dining hall seated hundreds of royal guests and kingdom officials. But despite the meek humble nature of her forest hideaway Snow paused for a moment to reflect om how she would miss it before continuing to pack her belongings for a final time. Urgency welled inside her. She laced her riding boots and stuffed an extra cloak into her satchel. She swept the stack of gold coins resting on the modest table into her sack. Her riding cloak fit snugly over her shoulders and as she was about to leave the cave there was one final item. Dangling from a hook rested a simple gold neck- lace holding a glass bottle. Snow grabbed the necklace and paused. Something about this necklace [illegible]ed Snow to her very core. Her face [two illegible words] and the sweet memories of her past life were [five illegible words]d, replaced by something much darker. [four illegible words] the memory down but it was impos- [illegible/obscured]ing. Too dark. Too wracked with [illegible/obscured]ppiness. The unmistakable face of the Evil [image ends] Snow's memory. Finally, with a deep, [image ends]Snow gingerly tied the bottle around her neck. This was something special to her. It was both her greatest hope and a reminder of her darkest days. An on another day, we may have seen more clues to help discover what this tiny bottle meant to Snow. But on this day, [image ends] there was no time to linger. There was only time for one final [image ends] sweep of her home, then a silent farewell before Snow exited the tree trunk. Snow put her hood on and tried to shake away the jittery her trip down memory lane had left her with. But for some reason, Snow's nerves weren't calming down. Suddenly, Snow had a terrible realization... someone was watching her! But by the time she felt the Prince's eyes on her, it was too late. Snow planted her foot right in the middle of the Prince's snare and with a shocking snap and a blur of dizzying motion, Show found herself suspended high in the air. Trapped like an animal. As Snow swung in the air, her stomach sank with the realization that she'd been tracked. The, as she watched the Prince emerge from his hiding place, her eyes flashed and her face went red. It was him?! How could she have let herself be tracked by someone who had never even cooked a a meal for himself a day his entire life? Snow saw the look on his face and knew exactly what had driven him to find her. It was the ring. It must have been even [image ends] than she'd anticipated. And with just [image ends] Snow knew exactly how bad a d[image ends]


 * Another page reads (note that the last sentence is repeated earlier in the text):

[image begins]oneome [image begins]bits and other [image begins]s. He discovered [image begins]nd most importantly [image begins]cks of a person living [image begins]o a woman. He followed the [image begins]ent oak trees where they suddenly [image begins]or a moment he was bewildered and [image begins]sort of magic this woman-bandit could [image begins] Prince searched til nightfall when hope of [image begins]g his family's treasures finally began to leave [image begins] Until he spotted something strange. A light. Small, [image begins]ickering, unnatural. The lights seeped between the bark of an oak tree, making it seem as if there might be fire inside it. But there was no smoke. No great heat from the massive trunk. He realized this must be it. The perfect hiding place for a bandit − almost in plain sight. But the pack also contained rope and netting for setting traps. And if the Prince worked carefully and used his material properly. For a moment he was bewildered and wondered what sort of magic this woman-bandit could posses.