Mushroom Hunting
Mushroom sauce was on the dinner menu, but first we had to
get mushrooms. I chauffeur our prospecting trip into the forest. Laura, Gaida,
and Ruta quickly spread out. That's Gaida disappearing over the rise. My father
was a legendary mushroomer, and it must be in my blood, too. Between taping
mushrooming lessons and moving the car, I came across this mushroom and asked
if it was any good or not. Well, it was the mushroomer's Grand
Prize, the very rare (this late in the season) baravika
mushroom! We spread out further in our search. I look up. I see nothing but
trees in all directions. They've massed over me, preparing to strike at their
cornered quarry. I make a break towards where I think I left the car. Is it me,
or are these woods not quite as friendly as the ones back home around Mordanga?