She got stuck after the character for "electric." The final character was too complicated; she didn't recognize it. It seemed it had never appeared in the stories her brother told her.
Naomi Shaw pieced together the characters for "Guanghua Elec..." from what Joy had managed to read. Seeing the little girl's face scrunched in concentration, unable to continue, Naomi guessed she didn't recognize the last one. She quickly asked, "Joy, how many more characters are after that?"
Joy turned and held up one finger. Naomi said urgently, "If you don't recognize it, that's fine! Just get a good look at what it looks like so you can draw it for Mommy later! Hurry, come down now!"
Joy nodded and began to climb down from the platform. Getting up had been easy, but getting down was much harder. She crouched on the high platform, looking at the ground below, so scared that tears started to well up in her eyes.
