Such Blooming Talk

A scientist creates a device that makes plants walk and vocalize, and his initial specimens take tentative steps and emit tiny squeaks that suggest speech. While he readies a formal vocabulary lesson, other household and garden plants awaken, remember past slights, and begin to stride and speak with petulant and profane remarks. A geranium goes to answer the doorbell and a rosebush protests having its blooms picked, leaving the inventor overwhelmed and fainting. The narrative treats the premise humorously, turning the unintended social consequences of granting voice and mobility to ordinary flowers into comic chaos.