the earth has music for those who listen
Mateo has already proudly sequestered the mushroom away into his pockets, patting it once it's safely away to make sure it doesn't go anywhere or somehow get mixed up with his other sample. You never know - it might jump out of the jar and switch places!
"I was going to make some tea for my friend Everest," he explains with a bright smile to Phoebe. "He worries about a lot of things, Aunt Phoebe. And I don't know whether he gets very much sleep. So I thought if this mushroom makes you feel calm, he will feel better, right?"
The boy certainly thinks so, and he's already peering around to look at any other promising things the Tar Pits might have to offer. "Did you need any more dirt or anything? Or shall we start to go back the way we came?"
"I was going to make some tea for my friend Everest," he explains with a bright smile to Phoebe. "He worries about a lot of things, Aunt Phoebe. And I don't know whether he gets very much sleep. So I thought if this mushroom makes you feel calm, he will feel better, right?"
The boy certainly thinks so, and he's already peering around to look at any other promising things the Tar Pits might have to offer. "Did you need any more dirt or anything? Or shall we start to go back the way we came?"
