It is the royal drum first - the chieftaincy bead-necklace is also missing. Chief Ganwo will lose everything he holds dear if the necklace is not found in seven days.
It is revealed that it is only a person that has never stolen a thing before that could retrieve the neck lace from the cave of bats after the mountains of the great forest.
It isn't until Abbey steps in that the reader is led to know all he needs for his journey through life as explained by the dragonfly Abbey encounters.