
Why don't secrets last long in a cornfield?
Because the corn has ears.
Language Lover's Delight
Did You Know?
Corn ears are actually the reproductive structure of the corn plant, containing hundreds of kernels arranged in rows! Each kernel is a potential new corn plant. The phrase "walls have ears" means someone might be listening to your secrets, but in a cornfield, the ears are literal - and there are thousands of them!




