“The
yard consisted of grass and a Russian Olive tree, which was about the only kind
of tree able to survive on the high prairies. Its thin, grey leaves made it
look as though it were on the verge of dying, thereby fooling the elements and
the bad weather into thinking that they didn't have to bother with something so
spindly and bent, something so obviously on its last legs.”
―
Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in
North America
