Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow — the rocky ground is not ground covered with rocks but ground with a shelf of bedrock just below the surface, a thin layer of soil over stone. The quick sprouting is not a virtue but a sign of the problem: rapid growth in shallow soil indicates that the roots are spreading horizontally rather than going deep, because the bedrock prevents downward growth. The quickness is deceptive — it looks like responsive growth but it is superficial growth that lacks the foundation for sustained life.

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