Undergrowth

Chapter one · Dewy morning

You are a rose chafer, a beetle a centimetre and a half long, and you have not eaten since yesterday. A wild rose has opened at the top of the tall stem. Climb to it and eat. Climbing tires your grip: stop and hold still on the stem to rest it. Drink dew on the way, and when you hear the blackbird, keep still.

W A S D, or arrows

walk

Mouse

look around

Shift

scurry

Space

let go and leap

Hold E

drink, eat

Wheel

nearer, further

Esc

pause