at prof. wogglebug's royal athletic college, scraps falls in with a 12-year-old prodigy named alexample. they marvel at the air castle the professor has dreamed into existence for his coming vacation, as it hovers above the college. through unfortunate clumsiness, scraps knocks the mooring line loose and the air castle floats away, with alexample hanging onto the tethering rope. scraps flees from the pursuit of the irate wogglebug.