Part 2: Chapters 30, 31, and 32 Summary

Will decides he needs to do something about the witch and her balloon before she and the others from the carnival come back and do harm to him and Jim. Will grabs a bow and arrow from his room. Guessing that the witch has psychic powers, Will tries to call her back using his thoughts.

The balloon turns and heads back towards Will's house. Will suddenly realizes he doesn't want it to land there, so he runs towards a house he knows is empty. When he gets there, he draws the balloon closer, but the witch seems to sense he is up to no good, and they play a cat-and-mouse game for a while. Suddenly, the balloon is right outside the window. Will manages to put an arrow in it, falling out of the window in the process and...