Learning Without Thinking is Labor in Vain

During the day, the snow slowly melted at an invisible speed; at night, the melted snow condensed into ice. Such a cycle would last throughout the winter.

In northern China, there was a custom called "cat winter", and Zhang Zian felt like he was spending the winter just like a cat, while today, the real cat, Fina, was sleeping particularly longer than usual, for she instructed the four Abyssinian cats to dance ballet until midnight and she had exhausted herself.

Even the Abyssinian cats, known for their agile movements and graceful gaits, had a hard time learning the choreography arranged by Zhang Zian and Fina, which was more difficult than the previous figure eight.