In this chapter, the three girls discuss their plans for the day. They decide to go for a picnic instead of going for a walk because they're hungry. They're not sure what to do with themselves, but they decide that they'll go for the main dish instead of the dessert because it's so yummy. They don't know how to criticize each other, so they just ignore each other. The girls decide to focus on the cat, who they think is just a "cat" . The only girl left is ami, and she says they should stay because hard work is the only thing that keeps her going. Ami comes in with a snack, and the girls decide that it must be the one they've been waiting for. The smell of the snack makes the girls want to try their new rain coat, but the smell reminds them of the frog that kidnapped them one day. That's when their troubles began, because they were born from an egg, and they can't be kidnapped anywhere else. The narrator tells us that the princess was actually kidnapped by a "frog" and left on a " lotus leaf" , so the girls are very close to being kidnapped. The first part of the chapter ends with a proposal from a mole, who says that he wants to have their "hard to under-miso soup stand." The girls agree to go with him.