The Gardener
“HOGAN’S SOPHOMORE biology class gathered around to watch the small, green-dotted frilly snail slime its way up my arm. Taller than everyone, I looked down on heads as smells drifted up. To my left, someone had taco breath from lunch. And somewhere to my right was definitely the culprit who’d ripped the little sample of men’s cologne out of the school library’s latest issue of Sports Illustrated.
Hogan rolled his wheelchair closer. Fridays were T-shirt day for the teachers if they paid a buck to... the party fund in the office, and his declared SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! “So this intertidal nudibranch is not just any marine snail.”
“Looks like it has a little green wig,” said one of the girls.
Our teacher continued. “This snail can photosynthesize. Which means?”
As always, Miranda Collins blurted out the answer before anyone else could. “When a plant uses sunlight to make its own food.” Suck-up.
“But this isn’t a plant.” I couldn’t tell who said that, but I was wondering the same thing.MoreLess
Hogan rolled his wheelchair closer. Fridays were T-shirt day for the teachers if they paid a buck to... the party fund in the office, and his declared SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! “So this intertidal nudibranch is not just any marine snail.”
“Looks like it has a little green wig,” said one of the girls.
Our teacher continued. “This snail can photosynthesize. Which means?”
As always, Miranda Collins blurted out the answer before anyone else could. “When a plant uses sunlight to make its own food.” Suck-up.
“But this isn’t a plant.” I couldn’t tell who said that, but I was wondering the same thing.MoreLess
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