In this chapter, the wolf tells us that he has no memory of his mother harassing him. He says that gradually, he grew to hate the life he was living in the cage. He even hoped that the guards would hurry him out so that he could escape. He tells the guards that if his child still lives, he will most likely be the same size as him. The wolf tells his mother that he hopes she will have another child like him. She tells him to smile more, and he promises that he will look handsome once he's out. He also tells her that, even though he hasn't called her "mother" before, he hopes he'll have one like her. After she leaves, he collapses. He doesn't know why, but he knows it was wrong to disappoint her. He wants to find a way to remember her.