Danny's Plant Chapter Summary

“Danny’s Plant”, by Meish Goldish, is about how Danny’s mom and his science teacher, Mr. Morgan, played a trick on Danny, so he would be more interested in horticulture. In the beginning of the book, Danny was not interested in horticulture, and his mom thought it was a problem. So, she made a bet with Danny. She would give him his own plant, and if he would have to tell his plant a joke everyday and water everyday. If he could make it grow like crazy, his mom would win, but if it didn’t grow, he would get a new music tape that he wanted. Immediately, Danny confirmed the bet. The article,”Probing Question: Does talking to plants help them grow?”, states that many people believe in talking to their plants, but you need a certain tone or volume

Morgan played on Danny, was, they gave gave him a bud in the beginning. That day, he told his plant a joke and watered it. The next day, his plant had branched out! He did the exact same thing thing he had done the day before. Watered it and told it a joke. When he woke up the next morning it got even larger. Danny was getting more and more excited each day the plant grew more, which meant Danny’s mom’s trick was working! By the third night, Danny’s mom suggested they should put the plant outside. He ran outside the next morning only to see that his plant had grown into a flower bush! He took plenty pictures to show his class. After he had gone to school and showed the pictures to his classmates, Mr.Morgan took the class outside. Danny saw all his plant, he also saw the ones he had on each day! To his surprise, his mom popped out from behind the bush. They told him about their plan. Danny was not mad at his mom, and he still got the last laugh. He also got the new music tape that he was owed. Danny should’ve done some research, because the article “Probing Question: Does talking to plants help them grow?” states that “ people would have to speak to their plants for at least several hours a day to enhance photosynthesis enough to influence plant growth”. He could have figured out his was all a