Horrid Henry's Plant Competition
Henry was in class, not really listening to Miss Battle-Axe.
"Drone, drone, drone drone, plant, drone, drone, competition, drone, prize," she droned.
Horrid Henry sat upright. Did she just say competition and prize? He listened carefully.
"As you know," Miss Battle-Axe said, "there is a plant competition for the Nature Week, and whoever grows the tallest plant will get in a prize draw and four lucky winners will get the prize. You can get the seeds from Miss Lovely."
Henry groaned. A plant competition? Why couldn't they have better competitions like Who can burp the loudest and Who knew the rudest words? Well, if Henry entered the competition, he might have a chance getting the prize.
"I expect everyone in this class to join in this competition," Miss Battle-Axe continued, "even you Henry."
"Yeah," he replied, "I am joining this competition, and I am going to get the prize."
Everyone in the class laughed. Moody Margaret said, "You couldn't grow a plant if your life depended on it!"
Horrid Henry growled. "You just watch me!"
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Henry went to go to Miss Lovely's class, to get some seeds from her.
"Oh, hello Henry," she chirped, when she saw him, "what do you want?"
"Erm, I just want some plant seeds for the competition."
"Oh, of course, nice to see someone who takes a pride in plants," she answered.
She went to the back of her classroom, and got a dozen packets of flower seeds.
"Now, I have all different types of seeds here. Which one would you like?"
"Tell me some some of their names," Henry said.
"OK, here I have geranium seeds, and over there are waterlilies, those are sunflowers, and there are bluebells, dandelion, cress, tulips and that one is a chrysanthemum."
"Whoa," Henry said, "I didn't know plants had that many names. I'll have the sunflower seeds and the tulips."
"OK Henry, good luck in the competition," Miss Lovely said, handing him the packet of seeds.
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End of Part One
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