“Just another illustration of evolution.” “Whatever.” This time she couldn’t just smile and nod. “Those cars you pointed out…” she started. She turned to him after they’d piled into the backseat. Who was she to argue with a college kid? And yet…something occurred to Izzy about what her cousin was trying to tell her. By that time they had followed the crowd off the grandstands and were making their way to Uncle John’s minivan out in the parking lot. How they can tell that one life-form comes from the next…You know, evolution.” Oh. The body is almost the same.” “Okay…” “So that’s the example my professor at Tech used to explain it. It’s a ‘77, but it came from the same assembly line. “Then look at that Chevy right next to it. You can tell by the front end.” What was left of it. “See that Chevy there?” The one with all the smoke coming out of it? He went on. He actually believed that smashed cars at the demolition derby proved…what? “No, look.” Alex pointed to a big green car with the back end curled up. “Just one more example of how evolution works.” “You’re kidding, right?” This was too lame. “Survival of the fittest, huh?” Alex put on that smirk that signaled he was about to pass out a little more college wisdom. The driver of a purple-and-gray wreck waved at the cheering crowd as he circled the other dead and crunched cars. “Look, it’s over, see? Number fifty-seven won.” Terrific. “Chill out.” He pointed at a cloud of smoke. “CRUNCH! Izzy jumped off the bench, which made Alex laugh all over again.
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