Chapter 11: PLT Summary and Analysis

Adeline's father, Niang and their children returned from Tianjin. Family friends, the Huangs, brought each of the children a pet duckling. Adeline's was thrilled to have a pet, something to take care of a look after. She named the duck Precious Little Treasure—PLT for short. After digging up worms in the garden for PLT one day, she ran up to the roof where the ducks' pens were kept. She fed the worms to PLT and shooed the other ducklings away. Suddenly, she was hit so hard by Second Brother that it knocked her over. He was angry that she favored her duck over his. Adeline returned to the garden to get another worm but the family dog, a German Shepherd who didn't take to her, bit her on the wrist. Aunt Baba dressed her wound and cautioned...