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Michael, or Red as he's known in the Great House he lives in, meets a green flying boy who promises to help him escape…

The new Loblolly Boy flies to a small bay and meets Captain Bass who has a magic telescope that can see into the future.

The Loblolly Boy looks through the Captain's telescope and sees an angry woman with two girls and a dog, and a sinister-looking butterfly collector.

The Captain gives the Loblolly Boy a small model train engine and instructs him to return it. Michael flies off to find his future.

The Loblolly Boy goes to Meg and Suzy's home and gives Meg the model train to look after before running into a creepy-looking insect collector…

Suzy agrees to help the trapped the Loblolly Boy.

The Collector returns to the room to find a girl in his cage. There's a knocking at the door.

Michael/Suzy has learnt that he's staying with his mother and sisters, but he wants to be his real boy self Michael.

After a bit of debate, Meg and Suzy become themselves again and Michael is the Loblolly Boy once more.

The Loblolly Boy flies back to the Great House and finds Red, the boy who exchanged with him in the first place.