Chapter Twelve
How could I
help people? That thought had been rattling
around in my head for several days. I
did want to help where I could; I was just not finding where that “where”
was.
Then came
the day when Professor Hill, my botany adviser and teacher, announced a trip to
Washington DC to see the Botanical Gardens.
The trip would be over five days and during spring break.
I was kind
of scared since I was not sure what my presence in the gardens would do to all
those plants over five days but then the mischievous side of me began to
emerge.
One of the
plants that were being studied here at the college was Kudzu. I’m not sure if you know what that is but it
is a very invasive plant here in the south and many are trying to find ways to
eradicate it. Now the poor plant has a
bad reputation which it may deserve but it is also a very beneficial
plant. The young shoots can be eaten and
they are finding that this plant may have some serious benefits when it comes
to our health. But it does grow quite quickly
on its own.
This got me
to wondering how it would grow with a little nudge from me. Which of course got me to thinking about
WHERE it could grow – and I was going to be in Washington DC for five whole
days. And the botanical gardens were
just a few blocks from some certain places that I personally thought could
benefit from some expanded ‘greenery’.
Maybe I will
end up being one of those “super villains” after all. Nah, my abilities are not powerful
enough. But my plan would be a test of
them. And that is how I convinced myself
to “go” with “operation: tangled up.”
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