The Green Gene Author:Peter Dickinson GREEN IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S SKIN — The Irish were having green-skinned babies, until they all were "wearing of the green" permanently! The Scots kept right up with them and turned green too! And the Welsh, being Celtics, also became grass-colored! — In all the world only one meek little Indian genius had tracked down the wild gene that wa... more »s doing it. So they called him to the British Isles- and thereby upset the whole delicately balanced green-apple cart!
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