In this chapter, the narrator tells us that little Bun has grown up. He's seven years old, and he wants to be like his father. He wants to become as good as his father, so he can protect them both. He tells us about how his mother robbed him of his milk cake when he was three, and how his father lectured him when he complained about this. When he was four, his sister was born, and his father was holding the baby all day long. When the narrator was five, he and his mother fought over whether or not his father should be allowed to have custody of his sister. When his father came over, he soothed his mother, and the narrator says that his mother is a grown-up now, so she's still a kid.