Having learned how expensive books are in this world, Main resolves to make books of her own. However, she soon finds out just how frail her new body is when she and her elder sister, Turi, decide to go to the gate to deliver something their father forgot—she can hardly take a few steps before running out of breath. But that's when Lutz, a neighborhood kid the same age as Main, offers his help. Main is touched by this and soon makes it to the gate. There, Otto gives her his old slate, letting her experience the joy of writing once again.
Why does your hair look 
like the night sky now?
لماذا يبدو شعرك كسماء اللّيل الآن؟
Deine Haare sehen aus
wie der Nachthimmel …
Tu pelo luce
como el cielo nocturno, ¿por qué?
Tu pelo parece
el cielo nocturno. ¿Por qué?
Tes cheveux
sont comme un ciel étoilé !
I tuoi capelli sono diventati
come il cielo di notte!
Por que o seu cabelo
está parecendo o céu noturno?!
Почему твои волосы засияли, 
как ночное небо?