A Spoon Full of Sugar

As they walked Vail explained to her what they would be looking for and why. Tana easily took note of it. Poplar and cottonwood buds were for pain relief and were better collected in the colder weather. It was easier to remember things if she repeated them a few times in her head. That was what she did. 


Then Vail asked if she had ever put the berries in her alchohol and tana shook her head. "N-no. I j-just have u-used it f-for my c-colds in t-the p-past."