Summary

Elsie was upset after Annabel asked for her stickers and Annabel told her to stop overreacting. Annabel yanked Elsie's arm and when Elsie complained that it hurt, Annabel said that “Friends can't hurt other friends” (101), so if it really hurt then they were not friends. This caused Elsie to retract her statement. The girls went back inside the daycare.

In Chapter 4, Liang reflected on his childhood in Shaanxi, China. His mother died when he was a baby and he was raised by his father and grandfather. His father told him that his mother ran away and lived on the moon. Prior to his birth, his father was a labor organizer in the countryside and his mother played flute for the army. When his parents met, they began spending time together in the communal barn. Liang's mother got pregnant and the two quickly married...