- After the announcement shakes the whole village, Miri goes up to Enrik the trader in order to get some supplies in exchange for linder.
- He doesn't give her everything she wants, which disappoints her, though she does manage to get some honey.
- By the time her father and Marda get home, Miri's made a big dinner for them all. She asks her father what he thinks about the big announcement, and he tells her that he'd miss his girls.
- Miri sighs in relief, determined not to go to the school. After all, she's needed at home.