Chapter 72 Clearing The Air
- I understood very quickly why they were so adamant to see the Baobab trees.
- According to the books that the students had studied, the Baobab fruit was the favorite food of many animals including monkeys and elephants. They were not only as big as footballs, but they were delicious and filled with nutrients. Throughout history, whenever there was a famine in Africa, it was this tree that saved millions of people. Therefore, another name for it was ‘The tree of life’.
- Its value not only lay in its fruit, but the whole tree itself was considered valuable.