The narrator tells the audience that they've known each other since they were small children. They're neighbors after all, and the narrator thanks him for coming. He's sad that his mother has died at such an early age, and he's also sad that the man's relatives will tear the bastard child apart. The narrator says that the family was insulting her and her mother, and she's not mad at all. She says that if she had said something, the family would have stopped, but she didn't say anything. She tells the little girl to get down on the ground, because she wants to climb up the tree. The little girl says she can't, but the little boy won't listen to her. He throws a rock at the girl, which the narrator says is a good sign, because the girl is bleeding. She's sorry, she says, but it was she who took the smile away from her heart that day.