Her hand began to swell and blister and the five year old burst

into tears, in terrible pain. No other child or woman spoke up to

defend her or take the foreman to task; not even her own mother,

Tai Po, dared do anything. Young as she was, Lily understood that

she must not protest, or else she and her mother and sisters would

lose their jobs, and there were hundreds of other peasants who

would willingly fill their places.