39. The themes are love, women, and sex. These themes are all capturing the boy's attention. By reading the banned books, they can understand what the Little Seamstress is thinking about.
40. The theme of being free and taking independent action as a person captured the narrator because during the revolution, people were not allowed to think for themselves. They are all controlled by the government.
41. Luo trusted the narrator and the narrator took this assignment seriously. The red-beaked raven is a sign of bad omen.
42. The narrator's dream was also a sign of bad omen. He dreamt of the death of the Little Seamstress. It foresees the Luo and Seamstress will be separated.
43. The village headman asked Luo to fix his teeth. The cultural revolutions bans information and makes people ignorant.
44. The Little Seamstress' father decides to stay with Luo and the narrator because he heard from the Seamstress that they are excellent storytellers. And he wants to find more about Luo. The narrator told him a story of Count of Montre Cristo.
45. The village headman protested against the story because he thinks it is reactionary since it talks about somebody who is a Count. He wants the narrator to go with him to the Security Office. The narrator agrees to go with him and asks Luo to stay to watch over the things at home. In exchange for fixing his teeth, the village headman would let the narrator free.
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