The Gnome of Elderberry

A girl goes for a long walk and ends up getting lost--which is highly unusual. Bewildering, in fact. Given where she lives, walking is really all there is to do. So how could she have possibly gotten lost? "Well, even fluent speakers make grammatical mistakes. And even fluent walkers take wrong turns some times." Or so she tells herself for comfort.Little does the girl know!A girl goes for a long walk and ends up getting lost--which is highly unusual. Bewildering, in fact. Given where she lives, walking is really all there is to do. So how could she have possibly gotten lost? "Well, even fluent speakers make grammatical mistakes. And even fluent walkers take wrong turns some times." Or so she tells herself for comfort.Little does the girl know! Little does she know how very far away she wandered from home!Little does she know in order to get back, she'll have to rely on the foulest, nastiest, meanest and bickering-est Gnome who's ever been.