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Charlie Woodman and John Huff take Douglas to see a Time Machine. The machine, it turns out, is elderly Colonel Freeleigh. Through his stories, he takes the boys back in time from watching buffalo thunder across the plains to civil war battles. That night Douglas scribbles the encounter in his tablet. He tells Tom that he plans to visit Colonel Freeleigh as often as he can take to be able to see things he would never otherwise experience. He wants to be able to share similar 'far-traveling' experiences to children, when he is old.

Elderly sisters Miss Fern and Miss Roberta hide in their attic, distressed. When they bought the Green Machine, an electric two-seater on wheels, it seemed like a good idea. They could silently roll around town at 15mph and would often let boys like Douglas hitch a ride...