Rootbound — Room to Grow, Page 9
By Suha · Published
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A two-panel comic page showing Fern and Wren planting a small leafy hazel tree in the ground at night under a streetlamp. In the first panel, they are unwrapping the root ball from burlap; in the second, they are firming the soil around the base of the plant. Visible text, in reading order: Fern: You do not have to keep circling. Wren: There. A place to begin.
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A two-panel comic page showing Fern and Wren planting a small leafy hazel tree in the ground at night under a streetlamp. In the first panel, they are unwrapping the root ball from burlap; in the second, they are firming the soil around the base of the plant.
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.