Gwendolyn渴望有一只宠物。什么类型？什么样的都可以! 需要有几条腿？两条、四条、十条都行......她不挑！但是爸爸妈妈却有别的想法，他们给了她......一箱土。格温多林说："这些土闻起来像沼泽，"但爸爸妈妈却说说，这些土可以闻起来像任何东西。当格温多林掌握了关于种子和土壤、阳光和阴凉的知识后，她发现他们是对的。这些泥土开始表演一些惊人的把戏，很快她就有了一座属于自己的宠物花园——它可能没有 "一只腿也没有，但它是活的，格温多林可以和它说话，照顾它，看着它成长"。

充满有趣细节的生动插图展示了格温多林在照顾她的 "宠物 "时投入的爱，她的热情和自豪感肯定会激励所有愿意爱好者。

A unique solution is found when a little girl dreams of getting a pet.

Gwendolyn longs for a pet. What kind? Any kind! How many legs? Two, four, ten--she's not picky! But her parents have other ideas, and instead they give her . . . a box of dirt. "It smells of swamp," Gwendolyn says--but her parents say it smells of possibilities. And once Gwendolyn gets savvy about seeds and soil, sun and shade, she finds they are right. The dirt starts performing some amazing tricks, and soon she has a whole pet garden of her very own--it might not have "any legs at all, but it was alive, and Gwendolyn could talk to it, care for it, and watch it grow."

Dynamic illustrations full of funny details show the love Gwendolyn puts into caring for her "pet," and her enthusiasm and pride are sure to inspire gardeners and aspiring gardeners alike.