Chapter 7 Summary

In late September, Sookan's neighbor, Mrs. Kim, comes around. With her, travels a pretty Russian woman named Comrade Natasha. Mrs. Kim is very pushy and loud, and tells the family that everyone is equal now, and that Mother Russia is going to take good care of all of them. She is clearly very excited about these changes, but Mother and Aunt Tiger are wary. Even though Mrs. Kim, who calls herself Comrade Kim now, strongly urges them to come to the nightly town meetings, they resist her. Mrs. Kim introduces Comrade Natasha to Sookan and suggests that Sookan will be perfect for the Little Proletariat School in town. Finally, the family agrees to go to a town meeting, and they join the stream of people singing happily on their way, glad to finally be allowed to celebrate openly.

At the town meeting, each...