Under the Maples

The first knot, or, one might say, the first encampment, was about one foot from the last one upon the turf. I think the runner finally gave it up and stopped reaching out. Each group of leaves, apparently draws its main sustenance from the one next behind it, and when this one fails to reach the soil, it loses heart and can give little succor to the next in front.

 

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