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One fresh and fair summer day, as soon as his parents go out, Gorky sets up his laboratory by the kitchen sink to have another try at concocting a magic potion. This time he strikes upon the missing ingredient--half a bottle of his mother's attar of roses--and he knows it's success at last. While he is waiting for the bubbly, glinting liquid to show what it can do, he heads over to Elephant Rock, "his best spot for doing nothing." But on the way he stops to bask in the sun, soon falls asleep--and wakes to find himself floating in the immensely blue sky, clutching his bottle of magic. There follows the most astonishing, bewildering, and bedazzling adventure a young frog could possibly have. Orbiting the globe has its ups and downs, however, and Gorky soon begins to wonder if he'll ever get back to earth. He does manage to outwit the magic; but the potion saves a last surprise until Gorky reaches Elephant Rock, just on day later than he had planned.

爸爸妈妈出门后，戈基在厨房水槽边做起实验来。不一会儿，他就做出了一瓶神奇的液体。为了让它变成真正的魔水，戈基带着它来到外面，举行了一本正经的“鞠躬”仪式，然后向着大象岩走去。路上，戈基在草地上睡了一会儿。醒来后，他竟然神奇地飞上了天。所有人都抬起头看他，他的表弟果果吃惊地眼睛都要掉下来了。戈基起初觉得神奇又有趣，可是渐渐地天黑了，戈基开始想他的爸爸妈妈，更想回到地面上去……