The gardenia is dying. %>_It is sunny outside. But I prefer staying at home to take care of my gardenia.
I took it to the guy I bought it from. Unfortunately he told me that he could do nothing to save the dying plant.
I felt sad. He told me to give up trying to save the poor plant. What a great pity! I was nearly weeping on the way back home. %>_I regreted that I did not take good care of the gardenia with simple basic knowledge. How stupid I was! %>_The soil in the flower pot was totally dry since I watered it - the timing was too few and far between. I thought that too much water might drown it. And I only watered a little water on the surface. But I was told that if the soil was not wet enough, the root of the plant could not deliver necessary (sufficient) water to the body (of the plant), and then the plant would die. %>_I would never give up! So I brought the gardenia home and watered it again. I never expected that I could kill the gardenia! I wanted to make up for my mistake. But I was not sure whether there would be any miracle.
I bought the gardenia one week ago. It was so exuberant flourishing at the beginning. But it is dying now!
I didn't have the heart to take a picture for it . Whenever I thought about it, I felt guilty. It was getting too weak to bear any more bother. (Even taking a photo of it might be too much for it! Poor little plant.)
I drank more water last week since the weather was hot and dry, but I never realized that the plant also needs more water. How could I be so stupid? I hope my gardenia can forgive me.
Please, be alive ('stay alive', 'live' or 'don't die' are better than 'be alive').

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