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Yes, and--well, I don't want to say anything--Mr. Lichen has been a good neighbor--but he never did amount to much; never could. No plant can amount to much without roots. But with roots and a good start a plant can do almost anything--raise flowers and fruit and nuts, and help grow trees so tall you can hardly see the tops of them. And, it isn't alone what we do for the plants we belong to, but for the soil, for other plants and roots that come after we're dead and gone. For them we even split up rocks, and so start these rocks on their way to becoming soil.