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began.
    â€œOK. This morning I have noticed a new white gate in the garden.”
    â€œSo …?” began Kakko. And then the penny dropped. “A
white gate
! Like the ones you had when you were having your adventures?”
    â€œPrecisely.”
    â€œCool. Will we all be able to see it?”
    â€œThat is the thing,” replied Jack. “There are only clothes for two. We were always given the things we needed for our visits. It is therefore likely that only two are invited.”
    â€œSo you’re going on an adventure!” blurted Kakko.
    â€œ
I’m
not,” stated Jack. “The gate is not there for me. For your mother, but not for me.”
    â€œSo who is the other person?” quizzed Kakko.
    â€œThat is what we are now going to find out,” said Jalli. “Follow me.”
    Kakko didn’t wait to follow but rushed out of the front door and headed for the main gate. Jalli took no notice of her and led the others behind the tree.
    â€œWhere?” asked Matilda.
    Jalli stepped forward towards the gate and turned round. There was a look of puzzlement on the faces of everyone. Kakko had, by this time, realised she had headed in the wrong direction and came bounding over and, sure enough, there it was, the white gate. A new, shiny white gate was in a part of the hedge that had never had a gate. Beyond the hedge was an open field which sometimes had animals in it but now the hedge seemed much thicker and there was no sign of the field beyond it. The odd thing was that the world seemed to kind of fold in on itself above the gate. It was so strange. Kakko stood stunned for several seconds.
    One by one everyone turned to look at Kakko – her silence was so unusual that it drew attention to her. All she could say was, “Cool!”
    â€œSo it’s you, Kakko,” said her father. “It seems, then, that you are the one chosen to look after your mother.”
    â€œWherever this leads,” said Jalli, “it appears that the Creator has a job for Kakko.”
    The larger set of overalls fitted Kakko perfectly. They put them on, together with the tight fitting caps. They looked so out of place that even Bandi couldn’t stop giggling. Jalli took hold of the gate to unlatch it, but it refused to move.
    â€œIt’s stuck,” announced Jalli.
    â€œLet me, Mum!” said Kakko exasperated, pushing her mother roughly to one side.
    â€œKakko!” hissed Jalli. Jalli was becoming alarmed at taking this headstrong girl with her into what was going to be a strange and different world. “When you go between planets you need to do it sensitively. Think about the people on the other side!”
    But she need not have worried just then. The gate remained tightly shut. Jack was listening carefully, analysing the situation.
    â€œYou have a white gate and you have the appropriate clothes. Have you put them all on? Have you missed anything?” he asked.
    â€œThere are only two items each,” said Jalli as she checked the grass for anything smaller they’d missed. “I can’t see anything else.”
    â€œOveralls and caps. Could be a factory. Let me feel them.” Jack ran his hands over Jalli. “Ah. I think I know. This cap is meant to contain all your hair. There could be machinery or something.”
    â€œOf course,” said Kakko. “I should have thought of that. We do that in the college workshop.”
    â€œRight,” said Jalli. “Kakko, if you know about these things, stop and think please.”
    â€œOK. OK,” Kakko sighed.
    They took off the caps and Momori and Matilda helped them gather their hair and enclose it inside them.
    â€œNow you look the part!” declared Matilda.
    Jalli tried the gate. The latch was free and the gate opened. She turned and reached for Jack.
    â€œI’ll miss you.”
    â€œYou’ll be too busy to worry about me. Now you had better go. Kakko come