After several minutes of intense thought he arrived at a brilliant explanation. It was a rock, of course, and it must have grown during the night. There were many plants that did this . white, pulpy things shaped like pebbles, that seemed to shoot up during the hours of darkness. It was true they were small and round, whereas this was large and sharp-edged; but greater and later philosophers than Moon-Watcher would be prepared to overlook equally striking exceptions to their theories.
2001 A space oddisey, Arthur C. Clarke
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