The Land of Now and Later

After visiting The Weather Tree and The Emotion Tree in The Land of Loving Yellow, Meri and her friends finally reach The Land of Strawberry Dawn. As a favor to Sticktight, Meri gives the owingstones to the strawberries which are then able to talk. Surprisingly, Perfit has a gift for them too. It's just the right one!! A lively and meaningful conversation begins.
Passing The Land of The Hoop Tree Forest again, they see the colorful loveable hoops come flying out to them, ringing their fingers, arms, legs, and even Jethro's unicorn. They make the air a lot of fun.
In the distance, the five friends see the dazzling yet intense Land of Firecracker Hail. It's too dangerous to get near. Especially when bad weather is about to fall!
But Gozzard and The Roof Hats have other ideas! The roof hats they are wearing---at least five feet across and each a different color---will protect them. But Meri, Wut, Perfit, and then Jethro are led right to the middle of the enormous thunderworld! They don't have anything on their heads. The firecracker sky is so close they can almost reach up and touch it! A few firecrackers begin to explode.
At the same time, The Land of Now and Later is not far away. Many of Meri's friends from The Lands are walking in that direction at that very moment. Meri has no idea she might see them again!