Episode Five: "The Map is Upside Down (On Purpose?)"

Fern produces the map to the second crystal — the Dew Crystal, found in a spider's web at dawn. Problem: the map is already partially scrambled (The Smudge has been at it). Thornwick the tortoise is introduced — the keeper of accurate maps, living under a mossy rock near the creek. Reaching Thornwick requires navigating the Tangled Middle of the garden, which is a genuine maze of overgrown bush. This is where the three pixies — Snip, Tangle, and Blot — first appear, having apparently rearranged the path for "aesthetic reasons." Much chaos, comedy, and pixie rhyming ensues. Blot has covered a log in something purple and sparkly ("for ambience"). Tangle has tied three branches into a bow. Nibbler steps in something questionable and maintains his dignity with tremendous effort. Danica loves the pixies immediately; they love her back (she doesn't tell them off the way adults do). Eventually the group reaches Thornwick, who produces a perfect map — very slowly — pausing to comment on every detail.