This chapter opens with a description of a little boy who has been standing outside the store for an hour. He asks the owner of the store if he can take him to the cat's house. The owner, who does not seem to know what to do with kids, takes the boy inside to have a bite to eat. The boy thanks the owner for the cake and asks to see the cat. When the boy asks where his home is, the owner tells him that it is about time for him to go back home. He then tells the boy that he forgot to buy the new book, Big Rain, which is a pre-order book