Anime about a little girl who lives in a cabin by herself in the middle of the forest/woods
This sounds a lot like Binchou-tan, though it looks like a children's show, there's some pretty heavy moments in the show.



She lives in a cabin out in the forest by herself. It's hinted at that she used to live in the cabin with her grandparents and they've died (she visits a tree like it's a grave). She also wears a piece of charcoal on her head, that's sort of a play on words with her name (binchou=charcoal). I think in the very first episode, she encounters the snake. Although she does speak, a lot of the anime is narrated by a woman. Every once in a while, a bunch of her friends (all girls, sometimes animals) come to visit her, but for the most part, she is completely alone.

It's about 12 episodes long at about 12 minutes per episode and was adapted from a 4-koma manga.

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