'He felt himself being pull into the tree, as if the hard outer trunk was melting. He hung onto Cass's hand tightly. Suddenly, it was as though they had disolved into the wide trunk and were sliding effortlessly down, down inside the tree.'
 
So Cass and Carl entered the mysterious, timeless land of the Trumpalar. Their adventures had begun when they had set out to save the Trumper tree from destruction. They didnt end until Cass and Carl had faced and overcome many dangers.