After winning an audition, four-year-old Efa is warned to stay away from "the sister your mom almost murdered" and not to speak with her because of a supposed severe illness. Efa ignores the warning and speaks to Ms. Lewis. A child then tells Efa Ms. Lewis was taken by bad men and crying for help; Efa runs off and disappears. Parents and rivals trade accusations and threats while a woman plotting says the girl "must be gone." Kate Lewis demands thirty-minute surveillance from Mr. Peabody as a frantic search for Efa begins.