Turn When You Reach The Brown Sky

Leave the sky brown for the moment, says Gaius.

Okay, says Terence. But sky isn't brown.

At least there will be some paint left in the paint pot, says Gaius.

So what? says Terence

We must have another look at Lu Ban's instructions, says Gaius.

Yeah, says Sweezus. Maybe we're doing it wrong.

I always thought so, says Margaret. 

Can you read Chinese? asks Katherine.

No, says Margaret. But I notice you haven't made use of the rope or the pulley.

Shizz! says Sweezus. We haven't! 

Just the ladders, says Gaius.

What if the panels form some sort of basket? says Katherine.

Yes! says Terence. For lifting us in. And the basket is blue! 

Why blue? asks Arthur.

Then it's invisible! says Terence.

Until it gets above the blue mountains, says Arthur.

Then, says Terence, we suddenly show up when we reach the brown sky.

Kind of like magic, says Sweezus. That would be cool.

The machine is supposed to be scientific, not magic, says Gaius.

I agree, says Margaret.

And furthermore, says Gaius. If we use the panels for a basket there will be no blue mountains.

It could be a small basket, says Terence.  

Yeah, a small basket, says Sweezus. Using just one of the panels.

Who is supposed to be going up in this basket? asks Margaret.

Candide, Cacambo and two large red sheep, says Gaius.

But who are the actors? asks Margaret.

Me and David, says Sweezus, and Terence and that little kid, Hedley.

David! says Katherine. Don't tell me HE is going up over the mountains in a little blue basket, made from one plywood panel.

It suddenly strikes everyone that David may be too portly to attempt this.

Me and Hedley can go in the basket, says Terence. And the grownups can go up the ladder.

The audience will see them going up the ladder, says Margaret.

What if they're invisible? asks Terence.

True, says Sweezus. We would be invisible, if we were wearing blue clothes.

Don't forget, says Arthur, you need to be visible when you get to the top and go over, otherwise no one will know that you've done it,.

Yeah, says Sweezus. So we get to the brown sky, and turn around. 

Could work, says Arthur.

Yes, it could, says Gaius. Well thought out, Terence.

Yay! I solved it! cries Terence, dancing around on the grass.

Katherine doesn't like to spoil his fine moment, but she can't quite see David doing a turn at the top of a ladder.