In this story letter T has an idea to plant his popsicle stick believing it will grow into a Popsicle tree. Every day he goes to Syllable Stream to fill his pail and water his popsicle stick. The whole town wonders what it will be and they don't believe anything will grow. T spends each month doing different summer activities and caring for his tree. In September T goes to school and begins to learn many new things, causing him to soon forget about his tree. Once he remembers, both T and the entire town discover a great surprise.