![]() The next day, Jordy now resembles a plant creature with a roundish head with no visible neck and round shoulders. Upon hearing the words "cold water" in his mind, Jordy gives in to the temptation and takes a bath to relieve the itching caused by the growing plants however, the water only serves to accelerate the plants' growth on his body. ![]() He can't go to his usual doctor, who is out of town on a fishing trip. ![]() Not only are the plants growing on anything he touches that is wet, but there are also plants growing on his fingers, his left eye, his penis, and his tongue, where he starts to get itchy. It is mentioned that Jordy doesn't have much good luck.Īfter a rainstorm, Jordy sees that the organism has grown roundish grass around where the meteorite struck. On Independence Day, a backwoods hick farmer in New Hampshire named Jordy Verrill thinks his newfound discovery of a meteorite will provide enough riches to pay off the remaining $200 of his bank loan, but instead finds himself overcome by a rapidly spreading plant-like organism that arrives in the meteorite when he ends up coming in contact with it. It was first published in Cavalier magazine in May 1976. ![]() " Weeds" (also known as " The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill") is a darkly humorous short story by Stephen King. ![]()
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