What is the rising action? why does most of a story take place in this stage?

The rising action is the "build up" of a story.Most of the story takes place in here because it is typically the middle of the book/story.After the rising action and climax the story will start to wrap up.

the turtle carries new life, oat seeds, over to the other side of the highway and plants them there.

the answer is five curious-looking beans