Ines had a small garden in front of her house. She kept a stone gnome next to the flowers. She loved the little gnome very much.
伊内斯在房子前面有一个小花园。她在花旁边放了一个石头地精。她非常喜欢这个小地精。
One morning, Ines watered her flowers. She stopped and looked at the corner of the garden. The gnome was not there.
一天早上，伊内斯给花浇水。她停下来，看了看花园的角落。地精不见了。
Ines looked around the garden. She checked behind the flowers. She checked near the fence. The gnome was nowhere.
伊内斯在花园里四处找。她看了花丛后面，又看了篱笆旁边。地精哪儿都没有。
She knocked on her neighbor's door. "Hi, Felix. Did you see my garden gnome?" she asked.
她去敲邻居的门。“你好，费利克斯。你看到我的花园地精了吗？”她问。
"No, I didn't," Felix said. "Maybe the wind moved it. It was very windy last night."
“没有，”费利克斯说，“也许是风吹走的。昨晚风很大。”
Ines thanked him and walked back to her garden. She looked at the bushes near the fence. Something small and gray was inside the bushes.
伊内斯谢过他，走回花园。她看了看篱笆旁的灌木丛。灌木丛里有个灰色的小东西。
She pushed the leaves apart. There was her gnome! It fell into the bushes during the storm.
她把树叶拨开。那就是她的地精！它在暴风雨里掉进了灌木丛。
Ines picked up the gnome and cleaned it. She carried it back to its place by the flowers.
伊内斯把地精捡起来，擦干净，又把它抱回花旁边原来的位置。
"There you go," she said. "Back where you belong."
“好了，”她说，“回到你该待的地方。”
She watered the flowers one more time and went inside for breakfast.
她又给花浇了一遍水，然后进屋吃早饭。
