Hope Island
Copyright© 2020 by Yob
Preface
We are divided. Very small, very young colony, and we are not all of the same mind. Who is the majority? Majority rules? You don’t know what you are talking about.
Our colony here at Hope Island has forty four members. Thirty eight are Hope Island natives, because they were born here. Two are space babies, born during interstellar flight. Four of us are Terran, because we were born on Earth. The thirty eight native Hope Islanders are less than four years old. Majority rules? Are you nuts?
The problem of division is more fauna versus flora than nativity.
Grapes are not indigenous to this planet nor were they intentionally transplanted or introduced here. Grapes were brought here from Trojan as fruit treats for a farewell party. Grapes have seeds inside.
These Trojan grapes are hybrids of Terran grapes and a vine from Trojan that can grow at very rapid speed. Some folks spat out the grape seeds. They took root very rapidly. Those fols who spat out the seeds are the fortunate ones. Those who swallowed the seeds, well those seeds also rapidly took root. In their guts.
When the embryos were born and later weened onto solid foods, one of the earliest foods given them were grapes from the volunteer arbors that developed from the spat out seeds. Many of the kids swallowed the seeds, which took root. In their guts.