Chapter 34a: Heavy Weather Summary

Chapter 34a: Heavy Weather is a bonus chapter exclusive to the U.S. edition of "The Well of Lost Plots". It begins not long after Thursday is inaugurated as the Bellman. The Cheshire Cat wakes Thursday in the middle of the night because of the possibility of a WordStorm.

Thursday goes to Text Grand Central and the technicians explain what has been happening with the TextWind. She tells the Cat and Bradshaw to take action to prepare, and watches as the winds move, and the storm is expected to hit Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter". Thursday plans to protect Hemingway and shut down Hawthorne to keep it from being hit. The storm hits "The Scarlet Letter" just as it is shut down, then bounces around in Hemingway, as planned, before subsiding. At the last minute, the storm picks up...