information. unfortunately, the garden is surrounded by a high wall, so no one inside can see over it.
lucky for the plants, there is a gardener, who comes in to take care of them — and fill them in on what’s happening outside. the plants trust everything that the gardener says, and he also feels the responsibility since the information he passes to the plants is their only version of the truth about the world beyond the walls.
sometimes the plants get suspicious and want the gardener to prove what he says. let’s say they want to know if any apples grow outside. they want to see an apple from the other 