Farmer Thought He Dug Up An Old Root, Then A Museum Asked To See It

Setting It Down

Raymond carried the blanket-wrapped object inside and set it down on the counter. Mr. Dalton barely glanced up at first, busy cataloging a small fossil nearby. “Just give me one moment here, please,” the curator said politely to him. Raymond waited patiently, slowly unwrapping the muddy object he had carried all this way.