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The Whispering Vines then went on to tell the Doctor in greater detail / of that institution which they had vaguely spoken of already, "The / Council. " This was apparently a committee or general government made up / of members from both the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms. Its main purpose / was to regulate life on the Moon in such a way that there should be no / more warfare. For example, if a certain kind of shrub wanted more room / for expansion, and the territory it wished to take over was already / occupied by, we'll say, bullrushes, it was not allowed to thrust out its / neighbors without first submitting the case to the Council. Or if a / certain kind of butterfly wished to feed upon the honey of some flower / and was interfered with by a species of bee or beetle, again the / argument had to be put to the vote of this all-powerful committee before / any action could be taken.
This information explained a great deal which had heretofore puzzled us.