An Entomologist

[Boon Mee]

An entomologist was up for tenure at his university. But he had had

nothing accepted for publication in several years. He knew this would

be a problem. One day, depressed and working in his garden, he

discovered his roses were dying. They were infested by an insect. He

recognized the bug as one that infested animals, not plants. Excitedly,

he took specimens to his lab, where he studied them. Soon, he had

written an article. It was accepted for publication, and made a huge

splash. The entomologist got tenure. All this, because...

...he discovered a new lice on leaf.