Part 3, Antique Lands: Chapters 24-30 and Epilogue: At the Beginning Summary

Lizzie makes the conscious choice to be happy in her death. Five years pass and she is nine years old.

Lizzie receives a wedding invitation to her best friend, Zooey's, wedding from a message in a bottle. Lizzie and Owen decide to dive down to the Well to make a toast at the wedding. However, there is no water source close enough to the reception for Lizzie to get Zooey's attention. However, Lizzie's brother Alvy hears her and they have a nice talk at a water fountain. A few days later, Curtis asks Lizzie's permission to marry Betty. The wedding is romantic and Curtis sings a song he wrote, the first he wrote in Elsewhere, for Betty.

Sadie becomes a puppy again and soon Lizzie...