And where was she? She was the fungus breaking down the dead log in the dark, unseen, yet somehow still responsible for holding the forest together.
Her adaptation was invisibility. She never asked questions. She never raised her hand. She erased the hunger from her face before stepping through the school gates. In the revision guide, Page 102: Man’s impact on the environment. But the environment had impacted her first. The haze from the factories. The mould in the rental flat’s walls. The way her stomach growled during the Science practical – the litmus paper turning red, her face turning redder. Science Psle Revision Guide -3rd Edition Pdf-
At 3 a.m., she reached the final page. A blank box at the bottom: Notes. In pencil, so light it was almost invisible, she wrote: And where was she