This chapter opens with a conversation between the uncle and the teacher. The uncle tells the teacher that he cannot solve the half-awakened child because he is still trying to make the child more comfortable. The teacher tells the uncle that he has come up with three methods for the child's awakening, but the uncle says that he does not want the child to be injured, so he is not going to try them on him. He says that the teacher is gullible and says that if the teacher can solve all of the problems, then he is convinced that the child will be fully awakened. The teachers begin their lessons, and the uncle asks the child what he wants to do once he is fully awakened and lost in fantasy. The child asks if he already has someone he likes. He asks if the couple they saw in the play is full of motivation. He then asks the teacher if he can do the same thing after he becomes an adult. When the teacher says he cannot, the uncle tells him that he will carry the child.