Timmy Seed: A Short Story

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As Timmy walked home from school, he went to visit his grandfather who was dreadfully ill. His grandfather had give Timmy the very last truffula seed while saying, “This can either kill or save your environment.” As the seed was placed in Timmy’s hand, he watched his grandfather die along with his old Once-ler’s greed. The next day Timmy biked home, extremely troubled about the seed, which somehow made its way to him. His grandfather's message had haunted him almost as much as his death. Not knowing what was to become of the seed, he packed it into an old shoe box and hid it under a loose floorboard for it to remain there for many years. Timmy had woken up one morning with a pounding in his head, he went over to the loose floorboard in his