This chapter begins with a discussion of the English sentence, "Shua shuan shua," which is translated as "shua huashua." This sentence is not an English sentence at all, but rather a new language invented by one of China's most famous scholars, the late Zhan Shao. The English language, according to Zhan, is a "new language" that was "made up" by the master of the new language. The master of this new language, however, did not know that his students would be affected by the change in their homework assignments, and that their grades would also be affected. The teacher, Mr. Meng, does not seem to understand the meaning of the sentence. He does not understand why the students are practicing cursive writing, and he does not know who is inspired by the students' work. He is afraid that the teacher will think he is crazy if he tries to translate the sentence into another language. He asks the students why they are practicing handwriting, and the students reply that they were coughing on the exam day, but that their symptoms disappeared quickly when they were checked by a school doctor. When the exam was over, the students said that they did not have a headache, and they were confident that they would perform well in the exam, but when the exam ended, they realized that they had had a headache and were afraid to take the exam again. The students stop practicing their handwriting and stop answering the teacher's questions. They draw a triangle on a paper and decide that they should solve the problem by themselves. They do not