Mara was the first to see the funnel-shaped tree. How we all didn’t spot it at the same time is astonishing. It was such a dark green that it almost looked black in color. In tandem, we skipped toward it as though an invisible being had opened its arms and wrapped them around us. Gina slipped under the narrow end of the funnel tree and then vanished. The rest of us were astonished but for some ...