Instead, they simply remove the seed pods from the plants when they find them. It seems like a good idea, although before they leave home, the boys notice that the plants are starting to produce seed pods, something that they decide not to tell their parents. That way, they can take the plants along. Instead, they persuade their parents to rent an RV for the family’s vacation. You can board pets or ask someone to come in and feed them, but how can you ask someone to leave out socks for your houseplants? The boys’ parents still kind of think that the plants are more trouble than they’re worth, but the boys love them like pets and can’t bear to get rid of them. Michael and Norman’s father has finally gotten the chance to take a vacation, but his sons’ weird, sock-eating plants complicate things. The Return of the Plant That Ate Dirty Socks by Nancy McArthur, 1990.
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