Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I hiahia tētahi tamaiti ki tētahi rongoā e taea ana e tōna whare kai anake te whakarato. I whakaatahia i te kāinga i Rānana, ko te tamaiti 20 marama te pakeke ko Max e tū ana i mua i tōna whaea me ngā roimata e rere ana i runga i ōna karu. Ka tohe ia ki a ia me tana papa kia haere ki te whare kai o te rohe - i reira ia e whiwhi ai i nga mea reka me te tiakarete wera - hei utu mo te pokanga a te taote. E tū ana te tamaiti ki mua i tōna whaea e tangi ana, e mārama ana i te pouri i te mea ka kite ia i te tākuta. I muri i tana tuku i a ia kia whai manawa, ka tono tona whaea ki a ia kia korero ki tona papa - ko wai pea te kaiwhiwhi o te rekoata - he aha ia i tangi ai. I te kōwhiringa ki te whakarere i tana pātai, ka haere tonu te tamaiti ki te tangi, na ka ui tona whaea ki a ia: <unk> Kei te hiahia koe ki te haere?<unk> Ka whakahoki te tamaiti ki te whakautu tino tika me te whakahianga, <unk>Pub<unk>, ka whakahoki mai tana whaea: <unk>Kahore, engari me haere tatou ki nga taakuta.<unk> I te kore e whakaae ki te hoki whakamuri, ka tohe tonu a Max kia haere te tokorua ki te paamu kia tae ra ano tana whaea ki te whakatau. I te pātai a tōna māmā ki a Max ki hea e hiahia ana ia ki te haere, ka whakahoki whakamīharo ia mā te kī 'whare'. Ka mea ia: <unk>OK, e mōhio ana koe ki te aha? Ka tae mai a papa ki te kāinga ka ui atu mātou ki a ia. Ka ui atu mātou ki a ia mēnā ka taea e koe te haere ki te pā i muri mai.<unk> Ahakoa kāore i tino whakapono ki tana whakautu, ka whakamaumahara tonu te tamaiti ki tōna whaea kia ui. E ai ki te papa o Max, a Oliver Bath, i te nuinga o te wā ka mau ia i tana tama ki waho o te whare, ka haere ki raro ki te pā o te rohe, kia whai rangimarie ai te whaea o Max. Ka mea ia: <unk>Ka whiwhi tonu ahau i tētahi pia, ā, ka whiwhi tonu a Max i tana tiakarete wera. He pono ki ngā kaupapa o Pavlov's kuri Max inaianei hono reka me te tiakarete wera ki te whare kai. <unk>Ko taku whakaaro ka pakeke ake ia ka rite tonu tana whakaaro engari ko tana whiringa tiakarete ka neke ki tana whiringa pia pia.<unk>
Ko te tamaiti 20 marama te pakeke e kiia nei ko Max e kaha tonu ana ki te toro atu ki te whare kai. E whakaaro ana tona whaea kia haere raua ki te whare kai i te mutunga o te ra. E mea ana a Papa e whakaaro ana ia ki te whare kai me te tiakarete wera.