The next morning, the three children are shocked to learn that their father has died. They apologize to their father, who has been dead for more than twenty years. He has left them enough money to support themselves and their three siblings. The three children decide that they must work hard to make up for their father's death. They tell their father that he has taken a long vacation in the past 20 years, and that he should work hard and come back on the following day.