Daily puzzle

Put Two Kinds back in order

Seven beats from our edition of Two Kinds by Amy Tan, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. The land of chances Jing-mei’s mother, who suffered terrible losses in China, believes her daughter can become a prodigy in America.
  2. Searching for talent Her mother quizzes her nightly, and Jing-mei, tired of failing, vows to stay herself.
  3. Old Mr. Chong Jing-mei takes piano lessons from a deaf teacher and learns she can get away with not practicing.
  4. Pleading Child At a church talent show she plays badly in front of family friends and is humiliated.
  5. The unforgivable words When ordered to practice, Jing-mei cruelly invokes the babies her mother lost, saying she would rather have died too.
  6. The piano offered Her mother offers her the piano on her thirtieth birthday, and Jing-mei reads it as a peace offering.
  7. A matched pair After her mother’s death, Jing-mei plays Pleading Child and Perfectly Contented and sees they belong together.