“Do you want to grow your own vegetables?” Mom asked. “Yes!” My eyes got wide. Mom smiled at my ________. She gave me a book on gardening and I carefully planted some seeds (种子) in the back yard.

After supper, I rushed to see how much they might grow. Nothing! My mouth dropped. “Someone stole my seeds!” Mom laughed. She said “Johnny, go and ________ the book.” I read the book and knew something needed to be done.

Early the next morning, I ran to the back yard. Everything looked the same, but I wasn’t that ________. As the book said, I lightly watered my seeds and stuck my finger in the soil to make sure it wasn’t too dry.

The next morning I raced to the garden again. No ________. “Why is it taking so long for the seeds to grow?” I asked. “Grow up!” I shouted. “Please, just grow,” I almost ________. Mom said as last time, “Read the book, and take care of them ________.” So I read again. I removed (除去) the grass from the soil and watered the seeds. That night I even ________ the little seeds and told them I was looking forward to seeing them spout (发芽) all the time.

Then one morning I walked out to my garden. I wasn’t ________ to see anything. To my surprise, a bit of green came into my eyes. “They grew!” I shouted! I could see little green ________ growing everywhere! I was so excited. “They finally grew! The book is ________. It took several days for the seeds to be in the soil before popping up.”