He Ge shook his head.
"The teacher told you that the banana grows between the petals!"
"Eh? Really?"
Linqiao nodded. "When a layer of petals blooms, a circle of small green bananas will grow inside. When the small bananas grow slowly, they will become big bananas. When its fruit turns round, you can eat them."
"Eh? It can't be eaten until it turns yellow, can it?"
"No, if it turns yellow, it will be too late, and then it will be cooked. Generally, the banana we eat is at most 90 percent ripe."
"So that's how it is."
As he walked, he saw the banana tree that had grown into a banana. He exclaimed in surprise and excitement, "Teacher Lin, I saw banana! It turns out that they really grew out of petals, and there are so many! Do they all grow into big bananas?"
"Yes, they will. They're
