 Talk of the law and a book on law from Tom s bookcase gets Eddie thinking about preparing his will. He is so intent on it that he puts off his homework which he promised to do, completion of which is necessary for him to go to a Japanese fair with Mrs. Livingston the following day. When Tom tells Mrs. Livingston about Eddie probably not being able to go to the fair and the importance of discipline of children, Mrs. Livingston tells Tom how much she really does understand despite not having a traditional family of her own. She, for the first time ever, tells Tom about her deceased husband and son, both of who died in a car accident, her son who would have turned eight years old the following day. Unbeknownst to the adults, Eddie overhears the story. Tom and Eddie come to an understanding that Eddie can stay up past his bedtime to finish his homework to allow Eddie to go to the fair, which is as much for him as it is for Mrs. Livingston. Eddie finishes his homework but also finishes his will, which he leaves for Tom in a sealed envelope while he goes to the fair with Mrs. Livingston. Tom and Norman are dying to read what Eddie wrote in his will, and finally decide that as Eddie s parent, Tom should make a copy for safekeeping. Expecting to read who got the much coveted aquarium (Tom, Norman and Mrs. Livingston all individually mentioned to Eddie that they like it the most of all Eddie s possession, but Eddie wills it to the school so that the three of them won t fight over it), Tom reads that Eddie has willed Tom, Norman and Mrs. Livingston to each other so that they will always have someone to love. Tom has probably never been more proud of his son.