"What's the meaning of earth's name?" Mr. Mann asked the A.P.E.S class.
Nobody raised their hands. Maybe the A.P.E.S opened their notebooks to the day Mann lectured about the eight planets, but it was quiet.
"It means 'land', or 'soil'. You ought to learn about the blue sphere because we lived there. Despite its mysteries that remain absent from the records, we know earth had its share of odd and momentous wonders."
"What does it have to do with Arcadia?" a student asked.
"We care for Arcadia's biomes to live. Studying the earth's deterioration reminds us to right our wrongs."
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One Earth
Science FictionA teacher reminds his class what they can learn by looking into the past. My entry for the sci-fi short "One Earth" competition
