seeds

It was the coldest season anyone could remember in the desert town. Then one morning strange tiny white seeds fell from the sky. They fell quickly and silently and soon covered everything, roofs, streets, the heads of people walking slowly. The kids picked up handful of the fluffy, cold seeds and ate them, and their parents scolded them and told them not to. There was no telling what the seeds would sprout.

Since then, people in town have been scooping up the seeds with shovels and piling them...