Lumo: a short story by Calum Hall

A bamboo shoot come from new compost in a black pot with other taupe pots, shoots and culms in the background

In a quiet village at the edge of a misty valley, there grew a small bamboo shoot named Lumo. While the other plants stretched wide and leafy, Lumo was thin, simple, and—at least in his eyes—unremarkable. Every morning, he watched the tall trees sway proudly in the breeze. “I wish I could be like them,” […]