HOPE

The farmer would plow the fields like clockwork. One particular day' he noticed an anomaly in some of the crops, at high-noon. One hour later, more of the fruits and vegetables had gone bad. By 5 o'clock in the evening the entire harvest had spoiled. Months of hard-work 'done-the-drain'. What could cause so much devastation in such a short time, he wondered. A day went bye, and the next morning' the rancher came outside to find, in the backdrop of ruin-- a single sprout, growing out the ground. A week later, the land overflowed with fresh-produce-- bigger and better than ever +