By late afternoon, she thought she had fi nished all. But when the boys were getting ready and pushing her to get ready, she suddenly discovered there was another pile hidden under her chair. This enormously angered Mei. It must be her elder son’s trick. How she wanted to beat him! Yet, time was not allowed. She knew exactly how long it would take her to fi nish a pile. The last pile! Every second counted. She started repeating the entire process right away. Only faster! The boys were, again, disappointed. Particularly the elder boy. However, seeing his mother returning to work instead of punishing him, he sucked the failure like he sucked a lollipop.