on the way, scraps meets popla, "the one and only power plant...the most powerful plant in the world." (popla looks like a large shrub, with the face of a beautiful young woman.) popla longs for release from her bleak and stationary existence, and eagerly transfers herself into a flowerpot to join with scraps; popla's strength and resourcefulness prove to be important advantages in their coming adventures. despite tempestuous winds, the two intrepid travelers reach the top of the mountain. fanny the weather witch agrees to blast them across the deadly desert; but additional clumsiness gets them stuck on one of the windmill's blades, which hurls them high into the atmosphere.