- To take her mind off things, Georgie keeps busy in the store.
- She also writes letters to Morgy Harrison, Mrs. Garrow, and the University of Wisconsin, all in an attempt to find out what happened to Agatha.
- She goes out to the river to say goodbye to Agatha in her own way, talking to the wind and blowing dandelion seeds, thinking of feathers, and giving Long Ears an apple.