Junie shares a small dorm room with her roommate Tobin. They keep one plant on the windowsill, a little succulent named Pickle. Tobin buys a smart sensor for it before their big trip home.
朱妮和她的室友托宾共用一间小宿舍。他们在窗台上养了一盆植物，是一株名叫皮克尔的小多肉。在他们回家过长假之前，托宾给它买了一个智能传感器。
"It waters Pickle for us," Tobin says. "We just set it and forget it."
“它会替我们给皮克尔浇水，”托宾说，“我们只要设置好，就不用管了。”
He pushes the sensor into the soil. He taps a few buttons on his phone. A tiny light blinks green. They pack their bags and leave for the weekend.
他把传感器插进土里。他在手机上点了几下。一盏小灯闪着绿光。他们收拾好行李，离开去过周末。
When they come back on Sunday night, the room smells strange. Water sits in a small pool under the plant pot. Pickle's leaves look soft and dark, not firm and green.
星期天晚上他们回来时，房间里有一股怪味。花盆下面积了一小摊水。皮克尔的叶子看起来又软又黑，不再是挺括的绿色。
"What happened?" Junie asks. She picks up the pot and checks the soil. It is completely soaked.
“发生了什么事？”朱妮问。她拿起花盆，查看里面的土。土完全被浸透了。
Tobin opens the app on his phone. A long list of waterings fills the screen. The sensor gave Pickle water every hour for three days.
托宾在手机上打开应用。屏幕上出现了一长串浇水记录。传感器连着三天，每小时都给皮克尔浇水。
"I think I picked the wrong plant type," Tobin says slowly. "I set it for a fern, not a succulent."
“我想我选错了植物类型，”托宾慢慢地说，“我设置成了蕨类，不是多肉。”
Junie laughs and shakes her head. "A fern needs a lot of water. A succulent needs very little."
朱妮笑着摇了摇头。“蕨类需要很多水。多肉只需要很少的水。”
Tobin finds the plant settings in the app and changes them. He picks "succulent" from a short list. The app asks for watering only once a week.
托宾在应用里找到植物设置，改了过来。他从一个简短的列表中选了“多肉”。应用现在只要求每周浇一次水。
They move Pickle to a dry spot near the open window. Junie checks on it every day after class.
他们把皮克尔搬到靠近敞开的窗户的干燥处。朱妮每天下课后都去看看它。
Slowly, over the next two weeks, new green leaves appear. Pickle grows strong again, one small leaf at a time.
接下来的两个星期里，新的绿叶慢慢长了出来。皮克尔又变得强壮起来，一片小叶子接着一片小叶子。
