The first two carpenters she approached shook their heads in refusal. Only after Hsieh made a rough model out of toothpicks and polystyrene foam did the third carpenter clearly understand her proposal, and thus it could finally be completed.
前兩位師傅都搖頭拒絕，直到謝麗香拿來保麗龍和牙籤，示範出屋頂粗略的結構後，才讓第 3 位師傅清楚了解她的構想，終而完成。