The Stairs In The Woods

As the woods went on. The hours felt like days, days like weeks. All Sam knew was that the last time he felt any sunlight, was a lifetime ago. All of a sudden, Sam looks up! And to his surprise, a clearing. A clearing of green, of life, of light? "Tis a dream!", Sam said as he rubbed his eyes, hoping that his vision will wake him of this illusion. Yet, upon opening his eyes once more. Indeed. A clearing blessed with the light of the sun, surrounded in the healthiest of vegetation, with a huge tree placed right in the center. As Sam approaches, the giant tree starts to creak with life. Suddenly, a set of stairs reveals itself seemingly leading into the tree. Sam, wearily but cautiously steps up the stairs...