Cat's claw pines

---

At the time of the 2019 pandemic, a man named Francisco, with knowledge of biotechnology and gardening, developed genetically modified pine seeds with a special characteristic in the cat's claw-shaped leaves.

Francisco, like every environmentalist, was encouraged to beautify his city, in this way he planted many seeds in the avenues and parks, hoping that the pine trees would grow and fill the urban landscape with life.

As the years passed, the pine trees grew lush and beautiful, capturing the attention of the community. During the Christmas season, many people cut down pine trees to decorate their homes, attracted by the cat's claw uniqueness of their leaves. Social networks were filled with photographs of these unique pine trees in the world, several companies used them in their advertising, distinguishing themselves among many other companies in the city.

However, some unscrupulous companies also began cutting down pine trees to sell them for profit. Francisco, knowing that he had the patent for these genetically modified seeds, decided to take legal action. He filed a lawsuit with the authorities, claiming damages, misappropriation and profit from those who had cut down his pine trees without his authorization.

The case became a unique legal jurisprudence in the world, after a long trial Francisco won the case, many environmentalists supported him. The authorities recognized his patent and ruled in his favor, forcing the community and companies that had cut down the pine trees to pay compensation for the damages caused, the misappropriation of their property and the profits obtained.

The news spread quickly through social networks, many environmental organizations contacted Francisco to distribute the seeds in certain deforested areas, he immediately became a rich man and used part of the funds to continue developing innovations in the field of biotechnology and gardening. , thus contributing to scientific advancement and the care and protection of the environment. In addition, he decided to allocate a part of his fortune to reforestation projects in his city, ensuring that the legacy of his genetically modified pine trees would last over time.

Today, day of the Innocents, I wish to give humanity this Urban Legend as a sample of how ironic life is.

---

---

The photographs were taken with my cell phone camera, I am contributing 10% of the proceeds to @wox-helpfund.