This week with Times 7:
...A little later, they found several ground-hugging plants that might be edible. Mack took a tiny bite of the first one but wrinkled his brow as he spat repeatedly. “Trust me. Nothing can eat that.”
Giggling, Kathy handed him her canteen so he could rinse his mouth. “Any ill effects other than the taste?” she asked, seemingly concerned.
“No. And I suppose it was rather stupid of me to just taste it like that, but I only took the tiniest piece into my mouth, and I certainly didn’t swallow it.”
“Some poisons only require a tiny bit to kill,” she offered.
“Yeah, I know,” he replied as he leaned his head back a little to take a sip from the canteen. That was when he saw it...
Have a goodun;
Roust