Eva opens the garden shed door. A tiny paper envelope fell onto her foot.
Eva, Luke, Brynley, Mommy, and Oma gathered around. They each received a seed packet. Watch us grow! it read in big curly letters.
Eva dug a small hole. Luke patted the soil flat. Brynley carried water from the tap.
Oma sprinkled the seeds. Mommy covered them gently. A bumblebee landed on a yellow flower and hummed.
They checked the garden every day. A twig marked the row. A blue cup marked the spot. Nothing showed.
On the third morning, Eva pressed her ear to the warm ground. Pop-pop-pop. Tiny knuckles cracking open underground.
A bright green shoot burst up and kept rising until it unfurled three fat pink petals.
Brynley gasped. Luke dropped his watering can. Mommy lifted Eva up. The flower swayed in the breeze. Two bumblebees landed and started working.
Eva rested her chin on the garden fence. The bee danced from bloom to bloom.
The pink flower nodded in the warm wind. The shed door creaked. Tomorrow they will plant again.
