The moment you put pressure on the birch tree, you hear a deafening creak. Jumping back just in time, you see

The moment you put pressure on the birch tree, you hear a deafening creak. Jumping back just in time, you see the trunk crack in half and fall — the inside had rotted through. It seems you have no choice but to go in through the front door.

The moment you put pressure on the birch tree, you hear a deafening creak.… — Kingmaker