The narrator arrives at the aquarium with his friend, a girl named Suna. The narrator asks Suna if she likes sea otters, and she says that she does, but that she doesn't like toda, the sea lion. She says she's heard about this before, and that she'll be able to see it for the first time when she sees her friend smiling at the sea lions. When the narrator asks her why she does not smile more, she says, "I'll take it myself." The narrator says that he tried to make her smile, but he feels stupid for not smiling more. He says he'll try not to smile, and he's glad he did.