Every time Kitty’s family came to Nevada, her
ten-year-old brother Jack would say in an affected voice, “The desert is
teeming with life.” It was a joking
reference to Mr. Henry, Kitty’s science teacher. In addition to running a fire lab every year
that gave the principal sweats in more ways than one, Mr. Henry liked to quote
nature programs. Most of the quotes weren't worth more than a groan and an eye roll. But this one…this one made sense to Kitty. She liked how she could look for miles and
see nothing but the occasional cactus when, in reality, all around her the
desert was—well, teeming with life. Just
life she couldn't necessarily see. Underneath
the rocks, underneath the needles on the cactus, even in the sand underneath
her very feet…everywhere. “Life finds a
way,” Jack would say in a fake creepy whisper, this time quoting Jurassic
Park, but here in the scorching Nevada heat was the proof.
Life did find a way.
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