In this chapter, we learn that the boys were tricked into fighting a cowardly enemy, and that the insects tricked them into fighting an enemy that was too weak to defeat them. The insects tricked the boys into fighting, and the boys fought bravely, but the insects destroyed everything they touched. They're going to find their brothers, and they'll punish the boys for this. The jellyworm is going to take off for the sugar-stone, and he's going to rest before he leaves. He'll check on the porcupine friend, and then he'll go check out the raindrop. The raindrop is a girl who was kidnapped by the insects, and she's been haunting the land ever since. She was tortured, corrupted, and now haunts the land. The guys are planning a rescue, but they're not for hire. The bear and the boy are going to try to rescue chireugi, but it's foolish.