Finally, Amanda is going to Funland. Her father, despite his fears for his daughter's health, drives her through the desert to the amusement park for her first outing since the beginning of a serious illness. She is still weak and, he thinks, requires constant supervision, but she is strong enough to walk around and enjoy the park with him. They have a fantastic, wholesome evening together. After surveying their surroundings, they have grape-flavored snow cones together, and Amanda is overjoyed. Her father is much less so, however, when she puts her fingers into the cone to lick the dregs of the syrup -- he grabs her hand, slaps her, and yells that she cannot get sick again. Next, they visit Rollo, a two-year-old chimpanzee recently arrived from the Belgian Congo. His acrobatics and winning smile delight Amanda, as do his antics on roller skates. The good times end when an angry man throws popcorn at Rollo, but Amanda instantly cheers up when she sees the park's massive Ferris wheel. Remembering his promise to let her ride alone when she was sick, her father reluctantly stays on the ground as she rides into the air, but he makes her promise to sit up straight, keep her hands on the safety bar, and stay in the middle of the carriage. After a few circuits, his heart drops -- she is nowhere to be seen. First in mild panic and then in sheer terror, he screams Amanda's name and begs the attendant to stop the wheel. As the parkgoers crowd around him, his cries tear through the night. Rollo, not too far away, opens his cage, sees Amanda's father, and understands.