The Fall Risk

by Abby Jimenez

“Female trees produce fruit. Fruit falls, it makes messes, it attracts vermin. So most trees planted in urban areas are male. They put out pollen with no female trees to absorb it, so it ends up in the air instead.”

A betta needs at least a five-gallon tank. Almost all his color was gone, he was listless. So I bought him and nursed him back to health.” “Wow,” I said, impressed. “How’d you learn how to do that?” “It’s easy. You join betta fish Reddit, ask an innocent question, and wait to get bullied.”