The butler tells the children that Man-Mei is a strange man because he does not speak, and they look at him with strange eyes. He also says that the atmosphere at the school has become more strange lately because of the strange behavior of Man- Mei. The butler also tells the students that they need to be careful with him because he has a mental illness. He says that he has never seen him talking, and that he is used to talking with ghosts. The children are afraid of him, but the butler tells them that he can be happy and sad, and no one knows how he feels. One day, he says, he will play with him and see how he gets crazy.