Bobo Grows a Tree

It was a hot day in the city of Kebili. The temperature can rise to 37°C on average but there was nobody to stop bobo the monkey to stop eating those yellow and juicy mangoes.

While eating the yellow fruit he was wondering how are they even made? He quickly ran towards his owner Mr. Bob who was a farmer. "Who makes mangoes? he asked. "Oh, Bobo," laughed the old farmer. "I know how to make mangoes," he exclaimed

Bobo followed his owner into the fields he was tolled to be seated under a tree and watch. The farmer took the remaining piece of the mangoes from Bobo(which was mostly the seed) and set it aside. Then he got his rusty yellow shovel and started to dig. His sweat was dripping from the back of his neck like syrup on pancakes.

Once the hole was big enough he took the mangoes and washed them. After that, he placed the giant seed into the slot. Then he set the sand back as if he was burying the seed.

In the following step, he took a pail of water and sprinkled it on the sand. Bobo wasn't interested so he went back into the treehouse.

The next day Bobo was told that he had to water the plants, so he did. He did this for a whole month after which something astonishing happened, there was a small green stick popping out of the ground, could it be? Yes, it was the young plant. Seeing the plant grow made him, even more, motivated than before.

He would come to the fields every day at 5 pm to water the plants and the tree was doing quite well, it was about 2 feet tall by now but that is when disaster struck.

It had been a whole month but there was no notable difference in the height or width of the plant. He asked the farmer for advice and he explained that some plants need fertilizers. Fertilizers are chemical substances that help a plant grow better. With the help of the farmer, Bobo sprinkled some of it in the soil and prayed for the tree to grow.

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Although it takes 40+ years for a Mango tree to give its first fruit but still it was a good exercise for Bobo. You can make your kids do the same exercise to learn about plants and the environment.