Mary-Lou had been sitting in silence. She was still finding everything strange and felt nervous. She was trying her best to come out of her shell a little, but she still couldn’t get used to all these unusual lessons. Now they were talking about animals close to extinction. She wasn’t sure if it was a good idea, but she raised her hand.

“Aren’t the Galápagos tortoises nearly extinct? When the Europeans found them on an island, they kept trying to take them back with them—but they discovered the tortoises were delicious and ended up eating them instead of returning with them.”

With that, she waited for the next person to speak. She didn’t want to add anything else—she was far too nervous for that.