Hugs & Bunnies: Weird and Dark Tales by Russell A. Mebane - HTML preview

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Musings of a Garden









The Gardener walks the earth of her garden.  She lets her bare feet brush through the grass and crops, bathing them in the rich, black soil.  She has a peculiar garden and she muses on the workings of her backyard greenery.  She has a shock of corn stalks growing near the house.  Flying insects and wasps flit from stalk to stalk as she trods through her garden.

She sees the insects interact with the cornstalks and the other plants in her garden.  The Gardener thinks about her dogs and cats back in the house.  She and her pets are different species, but they are all still mammals.  They share similarities that allow them to convey sadness, joy, and emotion to each other.  They can communicate with each other and develop relationships.  

The gardener can see the same thing here between the insects and the plants in her garden.  Insects communicate primarily with chemical signals and pheromones.  So do plants.  Thus when a plant has something to say, the bugs are the first to listen.

A moth lands on a stalk of corn.  The Gardener steps forth and observes the exchange of chemicals and ideas.