What do you call a sleeping kernel buried beneath the soil that dreams of becoming a tall sunflower?
A sleeper cell
This clever riddle borrows biological and technological terminology to describe a dormant seed waiting for warm weather. Tucked safely in the dark earth, this tiny organism stores immense potential until the spring rain awakens it.
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