50wordstories.ca » DNA https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Herbal Solution https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=419 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=419#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:03:31 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=419 The enemy was encoding secret messages in plant DNA, so they “captured” a greenhouse.

The first decoded messages were recipes for various dishes.

It was slow going: the greenhouse only grew savory herbs.

The Leader asked, “Have you found anything good, yet?”

The lab tech said, “Only thyme will tell.”

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