- Gerry and Stern talk about how the kids had to obey Alicia's orders, including vague, confusing ones such as behaving like ladies and gentlemen.
- The teen tells the psychotherapist about the first of two troubles with obeying Miss Kew. Gerry relates how Alicia began segregating the two black girls from the rest of the group until Janie finally asked why they had to eat separately with Miriam. The argument boiled down to Miss Kew insisting that the fact that the twins were colored was enough of an explanation, and Gerry saying Lone ordered them to stay together.
- So Gerry bellowed for the twins to teleport to him, and they did. Miss Kew and Miriam failed to catch them, and the kids began to leave the house. Miss Kew told them to stop, reminding them to obey Lone's orders. Gerry told her the command to stay together overrode the command to live with her.
- Finally a compromise was negotiated: the kids would eat together with Miriam on a side porch, and Miss Kew would eat alone. About a week after that, Miriam began to slip the kids cookies. Like we said before, this book makes us hungry.
- Gerry tells Stern he doesn't understand fights about race. One side wants to keep people apart by skin color, and the other side wants to get them all together, he says. The teen asks the psychotherapist why the whole thing can't just be dropped.
- Stern explains that people have to believe they're superior to others. He asks if the kids felt themselves to be superior in some fashion. Gerry answers that the kids felt different, but not superior. The psychotherapist calls them a unique case.
- Gerry then starts relating the second trouble with obeying Miss Kew. Which reminds us of Gerry's rhyming. Trouble rhymes with bubble. If you need a break, try this free game, Bubble Trouble 3.
- Anyway, the teen says the kids had learned to say "Yes ma'am, no ma'am" and do schoolwork. Janie had stopped taking care of Baby. The twins had stopped teleporting and walked instead. So they were like normal dorks now.
- Gerry notes that Alicia seemed happier and that the kids were her first real company in years.
- But one day, the group woke up to find Baby gone. They demanded an explanation, and Miss Kew said she sent Baby away to a home for special children. She sent them out of her bedroom, refusing to bring Baby back.