In the chapter, The Garden, Toad notices Frog’s exceptionally well kept garden. He decides that he wants to start a garden in his yard. Frog supports this idea and gives Toad some seeds to plant. Frog informs Toad that the seeds will start growing soon. Impatiens begins to ensue as Toad misunderstood how quickly his seeds should start to grow. “‘Now seeds,’ said Toad, ‘start growing’”(Lobel 20). He begins to get frustrated with the timely process and wonders what it is he is doing wrong. He begins to shout at the seeds, then he fears that he has made his seeds afraid to grow. He leaves them alone until night when he believes that they are afraid of the dark. Toad lit some candles, read a story, sang, read poems, and played music for his seeds. He begins to feel extremely frustrated with the seeds and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the seeds have started to sprout. Toad’s experience with the seeds can be connected to people today because of the type of world we live in. With almost everything being a click away now, people have no sense of patients. People begin to feel embittered with anything that takes more than a few minutes, or even seconds, to complete. Long processes, such as gardening, tend to stress people out and it causes them to give up. Toad learned that by being patient, he can eventually get what he worked for. Children and Adults should take notes from Toad’s experience and learn that sometimes, the best things are worth waiting
In the chapter, The Garden, Toad notices Frog’s exceptionally well kept garden. He decides that he wants to start a garden in his yard. Frog supports this idea and gives Toad some seeds to plant. Frog informs Toad that the seeds will start growing soon. Impatiens begins to ensue as Toad misunderstood how quickly his seeds should start to grow. “‘Now seeds,’ said Toad, ‘start growing’”(Lobel 20). He begins to get frustrated with the timely process and wonders what it is he is doing wrong. He begins to shout at the seeds, then he fears that he has made his seeds afraid to grow. He leaves them alone until night when he believes that they are afraid of the dark. Toad lit some candles, read a story, sang, read poems, and played music for his seeds. He begins to feel extremely frustrated with the seeds and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the seeds have started to sprout. Toad’s experience with the seeds can be connected to people today because of the type of world we live in. With almost everything being a click away now, people have no sense of patients. People begin to feel embittered with anything that takes more than a few minutes, or even seconds, to complete. Long processes, such as gardening, tend to stress people out and it causes them to give up. Toad learned that by being patient, he can eventually get what he worked for. Children and Adults should take notes from Toad’s experience and learn that sometimes, the best things are worth waiting