Sofia the First S3 E29

## Plot

The kids return to Royal Prep after their summer vacation. The headmistresses welcome them back. New students follow Fauna to the Noble Novice classroom. Students moving up to Regal Rotunda follow Merryweather. Students moving up to Majestic Hall, including Sofia, Amber, James, Vivian, Jun, Khalid, and Desmond, follow Flora. They meet their new teacher, Professor Pecullian. He asks to be called Mr. P. He's a faun. His way of doing things is different, but the other kids think it's fun. Desmond disagrees, because sitting on the ceiling caused his books to fall to the floor. From her new point of view, Sofia sees that the floor tiles form a picture. Mr. P tells Desmond that they won't be using books today. They're wonderful tools, but they're going to learn by doing. He tells them to ask for help if they need it. Their first assignment is a gardening project. It's not enchanted gardening though, it's mystery gardening. He gives them all a small tree. Each one is unique. The mystery is that they all have to figure out what their trees need to thrive. When it thrives, it grows fruit. When every tree has sprouted fruit, they'll make magical mystery jam. Mr. P tells them to figure out what their trees need by going outside and experimenting with them. He tells Desmond that there's no books on mystery gardening. Desmond has never needed help with school, so he doesn't ask questions. James gets his tree to thrive first by giving it his favorite food, pudding. Vivian's thrives when she hums to it. Amber's thrives when she compliments it. Sofia's tree thrives on friends. Desmond tries everyone else's answers, but nothing works. He tells Sofia that he doesn't need any help, because school is what he does best. He goes to the library, but doesn't find anything useful. Sofia tells him that it's okay if he needs help. He doesn't think so, especially when no one else needs help. He lies to Mr. P that he has fruit, so now he has five minutes to get his tree to thrive so they can make mystery jam. He thinks enchanted gardening can't be that different from mystery gardening, and goes to the greenhouse. When he adds the ingredients to make an enchanted fruit tree bear fruit though, it turns the mystery tree into a live tree monster. Desmond finally tells Sofia that he needs help. He didn't get to the last page of the book, which says to never use enchanted gardening on mystery plants. The monster destroyed the greenhouse and escaped. To undo it, they need to sprinkle the monster with two heaps of anti food, spin it, and re-pot it. They find it reading a book in the library, which it also destroyed. They're able to fix it. However, it's worse than before. Desmond shows his tree to Mr. P, and finally asks for help. He admires a student that can ask for help, and tells Desmond that everyone needs help once in awhile, even him. When you're stuck, it can help to look at things from a new way, and he takes them up into the air. He gives him clues to help him solve the mystery. Vivian's tree responded to music. James's tree responded to pudding. Mr. P tells Desmond to think of what the solutions all have in common. Amber's tree responded to compliments. Vivian likes music, James likes pudding, and Amber likes compliments. Desmond figures it out. Each of their trees like what they like. That's why the tree monster read the books in the library. Desmond reads a book to it, and it finally grows fruit. Mr. P tells him that everyone got their tree to grow fruit, but only he solved the greater underlying mystery of the mystery plants.