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Never Land. The professor and the crocodile are over in the other world.’
    ‘Exactly,’ said Skylights. ‘We’ve got to get ourselves over to the other world. Let’s raid the fairies nests and get ourselves some fairy dust. Time to go and get dusted, boys.’

    Ignoring the protests and the screaming of the fairies, the pirates turned them out of their nests and emptied every last drop of fairy dust into an old powder keg. The heist was fast and unexpected; the fairies had no time to use magic to save the dust. The gang made its way back to Deadman’s Bay to get ready for takeoff and Skylights gave them all a briefing on where they were heading, and landmarks to look out for. Since the day they’d come to Never Land many, many years before, none of them had ever attempted to go to the other world. They were more than a little nervous. Skylights was first to sprinkle himself with the magic dust and immediately felt a weightlessness. ‘Come on fellows,’ he said. ‘I think it is working for me.’
    The remaining pirates copied Skylights, sprinkling just a little of the precious commodity over their heads. They had never used fairy dust before and had yet to master the techniques. With practice, they would soon learn to hover just above the ground, to move horizontally and vertically and to vary their speed. As beginners though, just staying close to the ground was proving difficult and one by one the pirates began to float upwards. Skylights and MacStarkey grabbed hold of a branch of a nearby tree to stop themselves going too far ahead of the others. O’Mullins and Fitzsmee tried to do the same but missed and went soaring onwards. Skylights just had time to call down to Jukes and Noddler to hurry up and get dusted or they would be left behind, before he and MacStarkey followed the leading two into the sky.
    ‘What shall we do with the dust that’s left in the keg?’ yelled Jukes as he finished sprinkling Noddler and himself. He had to help Noddler as sprinkling with backward hands was not easy.
    ‘Bring it with you. We’ll need it to get back again,’ shouted MacStarkey from a great distance. ‘See you at Edinburgh Castle.’
    ‘Right then, wee Noddler! Are ye ready? We’re off!’ said Jukes grabbing Noddler with one hand and the keg of the remaining fairy dust with the other.
    ‘Aw, this is pure dead brilliant,’ he said looking down on the disappearing landscape of Never Land. ‘I never thought I’d do anything like this. Look Noddler, there’s the Indian camp. They look like red ants from here.’
    Noddler nodded, too tense to speak.
    ‘My nose is itchy. I think I am going to sneeze,’ exclaimed Jukes. ‘I must have got some dust up my nostrils. Geez, I hope I am not allergic to this poxy stuff. Here Noddler, hold the keg for a minute till I scratch my nose.’ He tossed the keg of dust to Noddler who tried to catch it, but fumbled with it due to his backwards hands. He lost his grip and could only watch as it tumbled end over end towards the ocean. ‘Watch out,’ screamed Jukes. ‘It’s falling. Get it. Quick!’
    Changing direction, they flew downwards to try to catch the keg but gravity won the day. They groaned as the keg split on impact and sank into the depths of the ocean. Seconds later they also hit the sea with a mighty splash. Both disappeared under the waves only to bob to the surface with streams of water pouring from their faces.
    ‘Help, help,’ yelled Noddler, thrashing and spluttering. ‘I can’t swim.’
    ‘You don’t need to swim. Remember, you can still fly. Push upwards,’ answered Jukes. Dripping wet, he rose above the ocean once more. An out of breath Noddler followed him, trying to wipe the salt water from his eyes with his useless hands.
    ‘What now? What now?’ asked Noddler. ‘The others are too far ahead.’
    ‘Forget about them. We can’t follow them without the dust for the return journey anyway. We’d all be stuck in Scotland for ever and ever.