The toadlets are all continuing their journey to play the thicksicles, but it continues to be a hard journey. Panther Cap is worried when it seems he's lost his ability to hear the Thunder Trees. Fur Foot and Elf Cup devise a plan to show Panther Cap that he still has his ability. Meanwhile, Puff Ball and Oyster are troubled by a strange creature scuttling around the caves where the thicksicles are. It turns out to be Sigmund, the guardian of the toadstools, with an important message about one of their own. This has a direct effect on Mistle Toad, Beauty Stem, Slippery Jack and Earth Star, who are having a hard journey. They end up disturbing a rat named Orpheus, who tricks them after they help him out, causing Earth Star to attempt saving his friends with a risky plan.