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Originally Posted by
Waddles 
"From the stories, we learned how things were turned into stone. And oftentimes we heard the reason as well. But in this day and age, why would anybody want to turn something into stone? Aren't there enough rocks around the lake, that you wouldn't want to bother turning you shoe into a stone?"
LouAnn glanced around from classmate to classmate as answers were given before she could even properly think about the question and an answer of her own. Eventually, her hand shot into the air, and she called out the only thing she could think of that hadn't already been brought into the conversation.
"We could turn an object into stone to stop or slow down its growth or decay. For example, if something were growing too quickly---vines overtaking a building, for example---we could turn them into stone to stop their growth. On the hand, if something were decaying or being wiped away too quickly, we could turn them into stone to prolong their existence," she suggested. Ugh. That answer was mediocre, and she knew it. It had though, as she'd just thought, been the only thing that had come to mind.