Roots grow over the sleeping rabbit, envelop it. Much later, lumberjacks find some really funky growth rings: the rabbit, now xylified.
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The first dryad is said to have been imprinted from a dead maiden dumped at a tree's roots. Soon, it became a popular method of burial.
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A wooden skin spreads over the corpse and a dryad is born, wearing the face of the deceased, roots inwards, feeding on what flesh is left.
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