Eben goes to church on Sunday morning, and as he passes the graveyard, he notices butterflies and violets at the grave of Tom’s wife. In church, he hears Calvin playing and almost hears locusts buzzing. He also thinks about Mrs. Pritchard’s doll and envisions the Colorado mountains. 

Eben continues his search, dismissing Rae Ellen, who has followed him again. Eben finds Jeb fishing at the creek. Soon, two girls from the school, Carrie and Maggie, join them. Maggie tells Eben that Coogie Jackson, a local boy, has a wonder for him. The girls lead Eben and Jeb to an outhouse in the woods. There, they find Coogie and his friend Albert. 

Coogie says that the outhouse is a wonder and tells Eben a story about his father’s “Flight from Georgia” (129). One day, Coogie’s father was in the outhouse when he felt it “bouncing”: A cyclone had hit. Soon, he realized he was in the clouds. His father traveled around the world before landing in Sassafras Springs, all in the span of 10 minutes. Eben asks if Coogie can prove the story. Coogie tells him to go inside the outhouse to see a map his father drew.