- At 1:15AM, Pearl wakes up to find her mom watching the silk worms.
- They are eating again, she reports, even though they eat all day long.
- When her mom asks her what she and Robby did all afternoon, Pearl wants to blurt out something about her uncle's affair, but thinks better of it.
- Instead she lies and claims they did homework. She's not sure if her mom buys it, but she switches the subject quickly.
- Pearl tells her mom that they should get a puppy since worms die regularly, but her mom just ignores her and tells her goodnight.