"The pickle will grow large and completely fill the bottle," went on Aunt
Lolly. "It will grow because it is not broken off the stem, and the
bottle, being glass, will let in the sunshine. The neck is also large
enough so air can get in, for without air, sunlight and the food it gets
through the stem the pickle would not live.
"But as it grows it will swell and fill every part of the bottle and it
also will grow just to the shape of the bottle, so that in the Fall, when
it can't grow any more, because of the strong glass, I can break the
bottle and I will have a pickle shaped just like it, curves, queer twists
and everything else."
"Oh, how funny!" cried Hal "I wonder if I could grow an ear of corn in a
bottle?"
"No," answered his aunt. "An ear of corn has to grow inside the husk, and
you could not, very well, put a bottle over that."
"Could I over one of my beans?" asked Mab.
"Well, you might, but it would have to be a very long and thin bottle, for
a bean is that shape when it has grown as large as it will ever get. So I
don't believe I'd try it, if I were you. Ill let you each have one of my
pickles to grow inside a bottle.
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