In this chapter, the girls discuss their Christmas decorations. The girls are sad that they are not able to decorate their tree for the new year because of the bagworms that they have collected for Christmas. They wish they were taller so that they could clean their room more easily. They also wish they had more time to dream about the things they want to do in the New Year. One of their dreams is to make lots of egg plants. Another of theirs is to eat a lot of mochi. They decide to go out for a walk and eat some of the mochi, but they are afraid that the girl they are talking to is not going to see them. The girl they talk to pretends to be an adult and pretends not to talk to them. She pretends that she does not want them to see her, and that she will give them some otoshdama if they help her. They eat the mochi and then decide to play with it.