When the priest realizes that the child is still alive, he decides to go back to the river to retrieve the missing gems. He tells the boy that he will take all of the blame for the failure of the mission. The boy is overjoyed to see that he has caught a huge fish. He is also surprised to find that the old man still has some of the gems. The old man eats his porridge and growls at the boy for ruining his fishing net. When the boy realizes that he is not hungry, he realizes that there is something weird about the porridge.