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Following the events in ''Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver'', life in Morrowland continues as usual for a year until the postman rams New-Morrowland with his [[mail boat]] in the dark of night. It is decided that the island needs a [[lighthouse]], but the island is too small to support one. Jim remembers {{nowrap|Mr. Tur Tur}} and his ability to appear as a giant when seen from afar, and Jim and Luke decide to invite him to Morrowland to use his unique ability as a living lighthouse.
While sailing the oceans with the two steam locomotives Emma and Molly to the desert where {{nowrap|Mr. Tur Tur}} lives, Jim and Luke stop to help out a [[mermaid]] named Sursulapitschi and her father, Lormoral, the king of the seas. This leads to a precarious encounter with the Magnetic Cliffs, whose magnetic pull can be turned off and on. When on, they activate a phenomenon called the Sea Glow, which illuminates the bottom of the sea, but also activates the magnetic pull, endangering passing ships; so someone must be found to ensure that no ships are endangered while the Sea Glow is switched on. In addition, Sursulapitschi is distressed because her fiancée, a "{{lang|de|Schildnöck|italics=no}}" (turtle
Using the special properties of the cliffs' material, Jim and Luke convert Emma into a flying vehicle which they dub the "[[Perpetual motion|Perpetumobile]]" due to its unlimited means of locomotion. With it, they cross the Crown of the World to get {{nowrap|Mr. Tur Tur}}. To their surprise, in the desert they also encounter their half-dragon friend Nepomuk, who had had to flee the Dragon City following the events in the first book, for his help in capturing Mrs. Grindtooth. Jim and Luke persuade Nepomuk to accompany them and take up the post at the Magnetic Cliffs. Unexpectedly, the four meet Sursulapitschi and Ushaurishuum at the cliffs, and the Schildnöck and Nepomuk quickly become friends, enabling the recreation of the Crystal of Eternity.
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