In this chapter, we learn that senzou has been cooped up in the house for a long time, and now that he's old enough to be his own father, he'd like to leave. He tells us that he can't because the house is so tiny, and that he needs to help clean it up. He also tells us about the girl who's been charmed by the fox, and how that girl's parents must be "vexed" at her for raising her so poorly. He says that the girl must be a disgrace to all the white foxes, because her parents raised her so well, and he doesn't regret any of it. He's just a selfish egotistical "fox," he says. But he doesn1t regret anything, because it was what his soul longed for, and after all, it was the only thing that made him happy. He asks senzou if he can teach him how to climb, and senzou says that he is good at it, but he isn1t as good at climbing as he used to be. He explains that the livers that are taken from living animals can be used to treat people, but they also can poison them. He wants all the animals to be happy, so that they can enjoy their lives.