SEEDS & WEEDS: The Funniest Things People Have Said About GARDENING

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something, whether they were injured, even what direction they were
looking. The super elite trackers seem to have a sixth sense — they can
practically tell you what the person was thinking.”
“You brought in some people like that?” one of us asked.
She nodded.
“Now,” she said, “I want to show you the footprints we thought you
especially would find interesting.”
She walked us around to the opposite side of the area.
“Take a look,” she said, gesturing. “You can see that these people were
standing around in a group.”
“It looks like about half a dozen people,” one of us said.
She nodded again. “And they’re men.”
“Now take a look at this pair,” she said, pointing to a particular set.
We examined them carefully.
“Our expert tracker says this man was bending over at the waist.”
“OK. . . .”
“You’ve heard the expression, doubled over laughing?”
“You’re kidding.”
“The same with this one,” she said, motioning to another pair of
prints.
“Now look at this man’s footprints,” she said, before we could say
anything more.
We went in close to see if we could detect anything.