- Simi and Reese are back in Mr. Hooft's room. She checks out the leg hole, treats it, and says Reese can treat it next time he's in. Oh, goodie—a little something to look forward to.
- After she leaves, Reese takes a seat. Even though he doesn't care for Mr. Hooft, he wouldn't wish that leg hole on anyone.
- Mr. Hooft resumes telling his story. It takes place during World War II, when Japan invaded the Dutch East Indies.
- Mr. Hooft and his family were separated from his father and placed in an internment camp. It was a bad situation, and then it got worse: Mr. Hooft was taken from his mother and placed in a boys' camp.
- (Mr. Hooft is still being racist, by the way. But he continues with the story.)
- The Japanese soldiers were pretty abusive, and some kids were taken away and never returned.
- One kid at the camp had a reputation for being a total jerk, and this jerk singled out Mr. Hooft for bullying.
- Mr. Hooft didn't fight back because he was so scared of the Japanese.
- At the children's camp, Mr. Hooft's job was loading dead bodies onto trucks. So, pretty much the worst job ever.
- One day Mr. Hooft and his nemesis were loading the dead bodies. The jerk snapped and started kicking Mr. Hooft for no reason. The Japanese soldiers, in turn, beat the bully.
- Long story short, Mr. Hooft had to load the bully's body onto a truck the next day. The end.
- In the van on the way back to Progress, Reese thinks about sharing the story with Mr. Pugh, but he probably wouldn't understand.