Pages 93 through 124 Summary

Mouse and his followers are anxious to get to their destination, Mouse's house, which they refer to as the Promised Land. Mouse says he hopes it's not too late. A young boy named Seeker appears at Mouse's front gate asking for him. He tells Mrs. Willow that someone named Poppit told him to ask for Mouse. Mrs. Willow tells Seeker he is welcome to stay there. He calls for the rest of his group which is a bunch of wild children led by Poppit, who is blind. He is carried on the shoulders of a large man called Mountain. Mrs. Willow asks about Mouse.

The Willow community takes to the wild children but Poppit remains a mystery. Beatrix tells her mother that she must go out with the gang to find something very important. Her mother doesn't want her to go...