The Secret Zoo

Podgy dives out of the water onto an ice flow in the Arctic Town on the Inside. Noah and Podgy meet up with Blizzard, the Polar Bear, and he sees Blizzard’s replacement going to the zoo—Megan saw three polar bears because the two Blizzards did not switch fast enough. Blizzard puts Noah on his back and carries him to an igloo where Tank left a note and a change of spare clothes. Noah takes off his wet clothes and crawls into the fur blankets; Blizzard and Podgy lie close to him to keep him warm, and he falls asleep.

Ella and Richie are in a desert with the prairie dogs excitedly jumping around them. Richie puts on his light-up sneakers, which causes them to gather around him while they walk through the desert known as Sector 62. On the opposite side of Sector 62, they find a curtain like the one in the Chamber of Lights. When they try to walk around it, Richie runs into a wall magically painted to look like their surroundings; the wall forces them to go through the curtain rather than around it.

Noah wakes up confused about where he is. When he remembers, he realizes he is not wearing clothes and puts on the mismatched clothing. Podgy and Noah get on Blizzard’s back, and the three make their way to the end of Sector 24. They find a curtain like the others. Blizzard roars and walks through the curtain.

Ella and Richie arrive in the City of Species, a sprawling city in a forest where treetops are roofs and animals and humans live together. While walking through the town, Charlie Red—the security guard who previously caught them—spots them on the streets and calls for assistance with the security breach. They run as monkey police officers chase them and see Noah and Podgy riding Blizzard.

Noah admires the view of the City of Species when he hears Charlie Red yelling about a security breach. He turns and sees the police monkeys chasing Ella and Richie; he makes Blizzard change directions to rescue his friends. They all go through a curtain with a sign that says “No Unwinged Entrants,” but Blizzard goes through it before Noah can ask about it.

Ella and Richie almost run off a cliff at the end of the tunnel; the prairie dogs following them do. When Noah, Podgy, and Blizzard catch up to them, Noah calls for Marlo’s help, and thousands of birds fly down into the fog below to rescue the fallen animals. Meanwhile, Charlie Red and the police monkeys are close behind. They decide to run across a small, unstable access ramp to escape.

Blizzard carries Ella, Richie, Noah, and Podgy across the ramp while the monkeys chase them. The birds flying around them become involved and attack the police monkeys to buy the group extra time. When the ramp starts breaking, woodpeckers bring down a tree to create a more stable bridge; once Blizzard and company are across it, the same woodpeckers break the bridge, so the monkeys have to find an alternate route. Once the bridge is down, a large flock of birds emerges from the fog to carry the Adventure Scouts onward.

The birds flying up from the fog are dodo birds—a flightless bird extinct in the real world. They carry a curtain with them, which Blizzard climbs into, and they use it to bring him along as they pick up Noah, Ella, Richie, and Podgy. The group then flies down into the fog.

The dodos bring everyone to the Forest of Flight’s floor, where Charlie Red and the police monkeys are already waiting for them. Before Charlie can do anything, Tank and a man called Mr. Darby send him away. Mr. Darby explains that he is the man who answers questions and he can answer many of the Adventure Scouts’ questions—including how everyone in the Secret Zoo knows about them.