It began as a fluttering seed that fell, unnoticed to the ground. A bird had digested it, and the boost to its fertility had it up and running in no time: eighteen inches in the first year, four feet by the second, seven feet by the third.
But its roots were growing at a much faster rate. In the first year they shot down over 30 feet, then still further in exponential leaps in subsequent years. Nobody noticed, of course, it was all happening out of sight.
The tree eventually popped up in the centre of Sydney. With an earthquake.
But its roots were growing at a much faster rate. In the first year they shot down over 30 feet, then still further in exponential leaps in subsequent years. Nobody noticed, of course, it was all happening out of sight.
The tree eventually popped up in the centre of Sydney. With an earthquake.
