Coconut Grove A strange fruit from a strange tree

Weetzie thought he knew the native plants well. He could identify which ones were edible, which ones were medicinal, and which ones were poisonous. He could also remember where he found them. He could usually even figure out new plants that he had never encountered by comparing them to the ones he was already familiar with.

However, he had never before seen anything that looked or smelled even remotely like a palm tree. The plant was an enigma to him with its long, tall trunk topped with huge leafy fronds. He thought it might be something like a giant fern with its leaves way out of reach. Its fruit also captured his curiosity as he found some of them around the bases of the strange trees. He noticed that the fruit grew at the top of the tree along with leafy fronds. He couldn’t help wondering how much damage they would do to a coywolf’s head when falling from so high.

The sea was calm, and sunlight glistened on the water. Weetzie stopped at the base of one of the strange trees and sniffed at a coconut lying on the ground near it. He wondered if it was edible and imagined it bearing something like a giant walnut, although its scent was completely different. He tentatively pawed at the shell and found that it although it was fibrous, it also felt solid, and he doubted that he could break it open. He wondered if it would even be worth trying.