Harkhark,The Quark-Page 0
We haven't gone too far ahead.
We're millions of years back instead.
The mountains don't stop throwing rocks from the top,
and we keep getting hit on the head.
And take a good look at the shore.
It didn't look green there before.
Some plants must have grown up, so now moss has shown up,
and someday I'm sure there'll be more.
This nursery rhyme describes life in the sea.
Science background for this story can be found in a chapter of another online book.
If you still want a more indepth description, find the book:
de Duve, Christian. Vital Dust. New York: Basic Books, 1995.