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The loss adjustors politely escort someone to their gondola and she gets in. They can feel strong heat as if the thing is on fire. It feels like a burning coal (is this like Isaiah when the burning coal purified his lips?). When asked if she wants a blanket, she declines for she never feels cold. The adjustors welcome them to the city. CP and Jack decide to jump into the water.

They overhear the stunned loss adjustors talk about what happened to the blue bunny. How could such a muddy thing be wanted? The adjustors are also lost objects and I wonder if they wonder if it could happen to them. It hasn’t happened for years and years. They hear a train from Mislaid coming. After it halts, the city gates open. They hear voices exclaiming about beauty of the city.

Part 6 City of the Missed (I should make a map and analyze the structure). Ch. 39 Of course they must cross water. You cannot enter a golden city without getting wet! They hear chirping birds and see empty gondolas lined up on the green canal. Snow dapples the boats. They hide in one that has a red velvet blanket to keep passengers warm. Jack and CP got into the bottom of the gondola and covered themselves up.

The bunny rises a little bit at time as the girl works on her mother to keep it. She begs and pleads and the bunny rises bit by bit. The loss adjustors walk closer to get a better view. Jack and CP slowly move to the gate as the bunny distracts the guards. Blue Bunny pleads to be taken. CP and Jack sneak through the gate. With a look of surprise, he is whooshed from the Land of the Lost, waving to Jack and CP.

That convinces Blue Bunny to be the decoy and he takes off and talks cheerfully to the Loss Adjustors like a fool. He’s quite a distraction. Suddenly a crashing noise hits the ceiling like bouncing ball. A little girl is heard speaking to her mom. There is a hole in the sky. A golden shaft of light hits the bunny. The girl and her mother go back and forth to decide what they should do with it.

The gates are engraved with vines and flowers like the golden door. A second set of tracks come to the gates, probably from the golden door. Loss adjustors with fancy black hats with long black feathers march in front of the goat. They hide behind a clump of thistles thinking up a plan. They talk. Then the blue bunny wishes they had a decoy. Jack tells him about DP and suddenly the bunny realizes he’s a real boy.

Ch. 38 The trio walks for hours across the snowy landscape, following the train tracks. Jack worries about time and what will happen if he runs out of it. He is afraid of being trapped in the land of the lost forever. He’s sure that finding DP will make it turn out alright. It’s snowing again. They see the glittering golden walls of the city of Missed. There are turrets, spires, and the golden roof of a palace.

He gives them a big hug and asks about Compass and the angel and they tell him that they’ve not seen either. They ask him about the tracks and then he remembers when people head to the sunset, they look sad. When the head to the sunrise, they look happy. Of course, Missed is East. The trio decide to walk together toward the sunrise.

Ch. 37 The painted sun on the wooden sky is bright enough to wake Jack. He sees the thistles moving because of the wind. He and CP get up and walk around. CP spots some train tracks. They believe the tracks go to the city of the Missed (not Mist, hahahaha). The question is which way. tThey hear a noise behind them and it’s the blue bunny, covered in tears and alone. He’s happy to see them but can not find the angel.