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.
No wonder Mom insisted 
on the piggyback ride.
لا عجب في إصرار أمّي على 
.حملي على ظهرها
Deswegen trägt mich
Mama immer Huckepack …
Por eso mamá insistía
en llevarme a caballito.
Por eso mamá insistía
en llevarme a caballito.
Je comprends mieux
pourquoi maman m’a portée.
Ecco perché la mamma mi porta sulle spalle...
Agora entendo por que a mamãe
me leva pra passear de cavalinho.
Неудивительно, что мама
 несла меня на спине.