The next day at school, Hiroshi asks to be excused from class so that he can visit with his mother. He tells her that he will make dinner for her the next time he sees her. He asks her to show him how to use the mole in her bags, and she says that she has never seen anything like it before. Hiroshi says that he would like to know how he can use it to help him switch tracks in his studies, and he asks her if she would like him to show her how to write a new story. She says that it would be nice if he showed her how he could use it. She tells him that she likes novels, but that she wouldn't like to say "litera ture" . She asks him if he likes novels that have pieces from authors she likes. He says that his life's reward makes him happy as a language teacher, and that his mother was very happy when he made her a yakiudon. She said that she was glad to hear that he had made something at home, even though he has never done so before. She also says that Hiroshi is a better cook than her, and Hiroshi promises to make her something to eat the next day.