Madelyn Tomson

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“The Life's Work of a Botanist” by Madelyn Tomson

Submitted to Contest #137

There was nothing more unsettling than a quiet room, so the only logical way to solve that would be to blast sea shanties through the speakers of the greenhouse. That’s at least what Yolani thought as she swung her hips to the beat, writing quickly on her clipboard. Her newest pet project had just grown an identical twin out of its stem and they were now not only growing in tandem, they seemed to be locked in a competition. Whenever one would grow an inch, the other would grow two. When one began to sprout a new leaf, the other would change ...

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I am a high school senior simply trying to earn money for college while publishing stories.