Rootbound — Room to Grow, Page 1
By Suha · Published
Transcript
Two panels. Top: Fern and Wren stand in a long, dimly lit greenhouse corridor at night; Fern faces a wooden door marked '7'. Bottom: Fern opens the door to reveal a small leafy hazel plant in a cracked clay pot inside a stone room. Visible text, in reading order: Fern: It has been walking all night. Wren: Without any feet.
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Two panels. Top: Fern and Wren stand in a long, dimly lit greenhouse corridor at night; Fern faces a wooden door marked '7'. Bottom: Fern opens the door to reveal a small leafy hazel plant in a cracked clay pot inside a stone room.
About this chapter
Wet soil leads Fern and Wren to Room Seven, where a dead gatekeeper's rescued hazel has outgrown its pot. Ida recalls the promised roadside hedge. Rather than postpone the promise with a bigger container, Fern frees the circling roots and plants the shrub beyond the garden gate. The keeper lets go, leaving the living to tend what grows. Back underground, a golden leaf rises against gravity at Room Eight.