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On a beautiful spring day, 3-year-old Oona was playing outside in the backyard, while her mother was tending her plants in her garden. Little Oona was chasing around a dragonfly all across the yard.
"Watch the garden, sweetie," her mother called out to her curious daughter. "I don't want you to hurt the plants."
Oona stopped what she was doing and watched her mother watering the beautiful flowers. She saw her plant seeds in different areas in the garden. She saw her picking up the weeds. Oona forgot about the dragonfly and just watched her mom take care of the garden.
"Well, that's the last of the weeds," said Mrs. Umiko. She then turned to her daughter. "I'm going inside to make some snacks. You can keep playing if you want. Just stay where I can see you and call if you need me."
"Okay, Mommy!" Oona said with a smile.
After her mother left, Oona noticed some of the flowers in her garden were looking a bit wilted. "Those poor little flowers," she said to herself. "They look thirsty." Oona wanted to help those flowers, but where can she get water?
Oona looked around the yard and saw a garden hose. Maybe she could use that to water the flowers. She picked the hose and carried it to the flower bed, but no water came out.
Oona then realized she need to turn the faucet. Still holding the hose, the little Guppy swam towards the tap and turned the handle multiple times. She waited and waited but there was still no water coming out of the hose. "Where's the water?" Oona asked, looking inside of the hose.
Water then came out and sprayed Oona in the face. Oona coughed as put down the hose and water started spraying all over the backyard.
"MOMMY!" Oona shouted
Startled, her mother ran out the back door and saw the hose spraying water all over the place, including little Oona. "Oh my!" she exclaimed in shock.
"HELP!" Oona cried out.
The dark-haired mother rushed over to the faucet and turned handle. And just like that, the water stopped.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" she asked daughter. She was drenched from all the water. The poor little Guppy was shivering. "Let's dry you up," said Mrs. Umiko as she picked up Oona and carried her back in the house.
While drying her with towels, the mother asked Oona why she had the hose on. Oona answered, "I wanted to water the pretty flowers. They were looking very thirsty."
Her mother chuckled as shy finished drying her. "It's really sweet that you want to help care for the flowers, but it's a really big job for little Guppy like you."
Oona shook her head. "I'm big!" she exclaimed
"Yes, sweetie. You are big. But there are certain things you're just not big enough to do by yourself, like taking care of a garden."
Oona looked down at the ground sadly, but her mom lowered herself to her level and put her hand on her shoulder.
"Don't be sad, Oona," she said gently. "You heart was in the right place, and I'm sure you will make a great gardener. Until then, how about I show you a thing or two about gardening after snack time? You can help water the flowers."
Oona perked up to the idea. She ran over to her mom and gave her a big hug.
After snack, the two went back to the garden. Oona's mom showed her daughter to fill the watering can with water and how different plants needed a certain amount of water to stay alive. Oona listened attentionally, and soon the flowers were bright and happy. And that made Oona bright and happy too.