In 10 years, the narrator thinks, he'll be like this. He's going to be a good writer, a good photographer, and a good stage costume designer. The narrator thinks that the house has turned into a "rainbow" since he's gone for two days. He says that he'd like to try his hand at cooking, but he doesn't have the skills to do so. He thinks that she's the spoiled daughter of a wealthy family, and that's why she ran away from the house. He assumes that she was adopted because she was crying and acting like a spoiled child, but the truth is that she is a "poor adopted child" .