ET- Passive Plant Growth

Together they snuck down the hall and into Mary’s bedroom. He glanced out the window. The willow-creature was in her garden again, dealing with the largest vegetables in the state. A deeply puzzled atmosphere was about her head, as she hefted a gigantic squash, so big it appeared to have been milk-fed with a straw.

  The potted flowers on the windowsill, radiant with out-of-season blossoms, bent to him.
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Mary entered. Her eyes flitted over the cluttered assortment of toys, met the extraterrestrial’s gaze, and passed on to the geranium, flowering in the closet. “Did you bring this in here, Gertie?”

  “The man in the moon likes flowers. He makes them grow.”

  Mary stroked the luxuriant foliage and shook her head in wonder. “Everything’s growing like crazy. I can’t understand it.”

- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in His Adventure on Earth, chapter 8