Continuing my series of illustrations inspired by Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh!
Along one entire wall…stood the raw materials he had collected: roots, seeds, dried leaves, pods, strips of bark and shriveled mushrooms.
To this row he now added the contents of his sack…dark, veined green leaves that looked like mint.
“Pipsissewa,” said Mr. Ages. “Botanically, Chimaphila umbellata.”
Excerpted from Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, by Robert C. O’Brien