Why is 叫 ("call") in 叫我马上到北极? In the children's book 七色花, the girl 珍妮 (Jenny) instructs the magic flower as follows:


  吩咐吧，叫我马上到北极！
  Fēnfù ba, jiào wǒ mǎshàng dào běijí!
  Command it, call me to the North Pole right away! [Google Translate]
  (See DouBan for text.)


From context, the girl is asking the magic flower to teleport her to the North Pole.  However, I'm perplexed as to why 叫 (jiào; "call", "cry") is used here.  Google Translate also seems perplexed.  I have never seen it used in this way before.

Question: Why is 叫 ("call") in 叫我马上到北极?

Searching for 叫 到 at YouDao gives sentences like


你最好叫他们到这儿来 ("you'd better ask them round here"), and
他把我叫到他的办公室 ("he called me into his room")


so it looks like 叫 has a meaning I'm not aware of, something between "instruct" and "invite", comparable to "called for dinner".  But it seems strange for the girl to "call" herself to the North Pole.
叫 (call/ tell) also contains the meanings of &quot;order/ command/ make&quot;
&quot;吩咐吧，叫我马上到北极！&quot; can be translated as:

&quot;Give the order, command me to go to the North Pole immediately!
&quot;Give the order, make me go to the North Pole immediately!