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When Heath wrote down his two facts about aloe vera, he tried to challenge himself by recalling information off the top of his head. Now that he was done, he picked up his textbook to cross- reference the information, but the book opened to the correct page before he had the chance to find it himself. He blinked, looking up at the professor as he started speaking. Uhh… thanks, Professor. That spell saved him the trouble of flipping through pages!
Heath paid careful attention as the lesson began but nearly burst out laughing at the mention of piggyback answers….or Yoda answers, as he liked to call them. The Star Wars-obsessed Ravenclaw shook his head, trying to rid his mind of the image of the little green Jedi master riding piggyback and refocus his attention. Okay, so… uses and forms of aloe. He listened to his classmates’ answers. So far, he’d heard about aloe’s use in treating burns and in various beauty products, but nobody said anything about the other skin conditions it treated. He thought about giving a Yoda piggyback answer about that, but… was it too obvious? The professor said to name things outside the obvious.
Heath decided to try to come up with something on his own instead. What other forms of aloe were there? He vaguely recalled overhearing his mum say something about treating a patient with aloe latex. Was that a thing? And if it was, what did it treat? He searched his textbook for more information before raising his hand. “What about aloe latex, Professor?” he said after being called on. “It’s the yellow stuff just under the aloe’s skin, and it’s used to treat constipation.”
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |