When Gilbert reaches the other side of the flying river (as if the water was not flowing But, remained still and seem the boat was not floating on it but flying), while stepping down, he asked the one eyed helmsman, “how do I go back to my home?”
The helmsman replied in his usual voice, “time travels fast, thus the whispers of the forest, I will know what to do next.”
Thus he took farewell and approaches the dark forest- unknown birds chirping, wild wind was blowing, coyotes were howling from the distant even during the day (because inside the dark forest, it is so dark and it seems always night).
He was afraid, but not that much afraid, when his sisters face was flashing before his eyes- thus he took bold steps to reach the destination.
Continued….
Pure fiction. Any similarity should be treated as mere coincidence.