▁him ▁sever ely , ▁police ▁remove ▁Georg ie ▁from ▁his ▁dangerous ▁home , ▁and ▁his ▁un pl anted ▁rose b ush ▁comes ▁with ▁him . ▁Georg ie ▁is ▁placed ▁tempor arily ▁with ▁Mrs . ▁Sim s , ▁a ▁c ash ier ▁from ▁the ▁super market . ▁But ▁as ▁his ▁social ▁worker ▁and ▁the ▁judge ▁find ▁a ▁home ▁for ▁him , ▁Georg ie ▁is ▁increasing ly ▁wor ried ▁about ▁finding ▁a ▁home ▁for ▁his ▁rose b ush . ▁ ▁When ▁Georg ie ▁is ▁placed ▁in ▁a ▁Catholic ▁boys ' ▁board ing ▁school , ▁he ▁is ▁convinced ▁that ▁his ▁rose b ush ▁belongs ▁in ▁the ▁garden ▁of ▁the ▁neighb ors ▁across ▁the ▁road . ▁Though ▁principal ▁Sister ▁Mary ▁Ang ela ▁tries ▁to ▁conv ince ▁Georg ie ▁to ▁plant ▁it ▁elsewhere , ▁Georg ie ▁s ne aks ▁out ▁at ▁night ▁to ▁plant ▁his ▁rose b ush ▁there . ▁The ▁next ▁morning , ▁however , ▁the ▁inf uri ated ▁neighbor , ▁Mol ly ▁Har per , ▁r ips ▁the ▁bush ▁out ▁of ▁her ▁garden ▁and ▁returns ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁school , ▁demand ing ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁principal . ▁ ▁Georg ie ▁returns ▁to ▁the ▁garden ▁with ▁the ▁bush ▁and ▁disco vers ▁that ▁while ▁plant ing ▁his ▁rose b ush ▁in ▁the ▁dark , ▁he ▁has ▁accident ally ▁cr ushed ▁the ▁l il ies ▁plant ed ▁for ▁Mol ly ▁Har per ▁by ▁her ▁husband . ▁Mrs . ▁Har per ▁confront s ▁Georg ie ▁and ▁threat ens ▁to ▁burn ▁his ▁rose b ush ▁if ▁he ▁plants ▁it ▁again ,