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Chapter 8 — A Lunar Morning

           Inafewminutes,asitseemed,thebudsofthemoreforwardoftheseplantshadlengthenedintoastemandwereevenputtingforthasecondwhorlofleaves,andalltheslopethathadseemedsorecentlyalifelessstretchoflitterwasnowdarkwiththestuntedolive-greenherbageofbristlingspikesthatswayedwiththevigouroftheirgrowing.

           Iturnedabout,andbehold!alongtheupperedgeofarocktotheeastwardasimilarfringeinascarcelylessforwardconditionswayedandbent,darkagainsttheblindingglareofthesun.Andbeyondthisfringewasthesilhouetteofaplantmass,branchingclumsilylikeacactus,andswellingvisibly,swellinglikeabladderthatfillswithair.

           ThentothewestwardalsoIdiscoveredthatanothersuchdistendedformwasrisingoverthescrub.Butherethelightfelluponitssleeksides,andIcouldseethatitscolourwasavividorangehue.Itroseasonewatchedit;ifonelookedawayfromitforaminuteandthenback,itsoutlinehadchanged;itthrustoutbluntcongestedbranchesuntilinalittletimeitroseacorallineshapeofmanyfeetinheight.Comparedwithsuchagrowththeterrestrialpuff-ball,whichwillsometimesswellafootindiameterinasinglenight,wouldbeahopelesslaggard.Butthenthepuff-ballgrowsagainstagravitationalpullsixtimesthatofthemoon

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