The Wrong Bulbs

Ariana pointed to a picture of flowers in the seed catalog. "Mommy, can we get seeds for these?" the little girl asked.Her mom looked at the picture. "Those are tulips, and they grow from bulbs, not seeds. But yes, we can plant some tulip bulbs.""Yay!" Ariana smiled and clapped her little hands.A few days later, Ariana showed her mother a spot near the back fence. "I planted bulbs here," she said. "Mr. Jenkins next door was throwing them away." "Really?" asked Mom. "Are they tulip bulbs?" Ariana just shrugged in response.Every day, Ariana checked to see if the flowers were coming up. When the dirt became dry, she carefully watered it. After a couple of weeks, Ariana stood looking at the bare spot on the ground. "Nothing's growing," she said sadly."Maybe they're planted too deep. Let's see if they've started sprouting at all." Mom took a trowel and dug into the dirt. To her amazement, she uncovered two Christmas tree light bulbs. "Are these the bulbs you planted?" Mom asked. Ariana nodd