 What do the vines in the forest represent?
By H. B. Fyfe THE TALKATIVE TREE Dang vines! It may be useful to discover temporary sources in this area of natural foods." Lack of complete loyalty to the state was likely to result in a siege of treatment that left the subject suitably "re-personalized." The maintenance of a proper viewpoint was a necessity if the Planetary State were to survive the hostile plots of Earth and the latter's decadent colonies. To reach their assigned sector, they had to climb a forbidding ridge of rock within half a kilometer. Only a sparse creeper grew along their way, its elongated leaves shimmering with bronze-green reflections against a stony surface; but when they topped the ridge a thick forest was in sight. They marched down into the valley at a brisk pace, becoming more aware of the clouds and atmospheric haze. Distant objects seemed blurred by the mist, taking on a somber, brooding grayness. For all Kolin could tell, he and the others were isolated in a world bounded by the rocky ridge behind them and a semi-circle of damp trees and bushes several hundred meters away. Low creepers became more plentiful, interspersed with scrubby thickets of tangled, spike-armored bushes. Once, a shrub puffed out an enormous cloud of tiny spores. Yrtok paused to examine some purple berries glistening dangerously on a low shrub. "I think the stuff puts out shoots that grow back into the ground to root as they spread," said the woman.
 The nature of rampant colonialism
 The nature of rampant colonialism  The possibility to be who one wishes to be  The destructive power of nature  The lower end of social strata