Completing the party are Mrs O'Donnell, Des O'Donnell, clever Aunt Kitty, Barney Murphy, Prancing Peter, the horse himself, and Sweep the kitten. Jerry's optimistic plans are disturbed by a series of adventures - camping on a woodland site said to be haunted, an encounter with a fierce-looking band of tinkers and the disappearance of Prancing Peter himself. The greatest surprise of all, however, is reserved for Eily at the end of the journey.