The little girl in this story has the beautiful eyes of the far east, and they 'kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea'. She sees other children with 'big eyes and long lashes', but they are not like hers, and she has learned to take great pride in her 'different' eyes. They are like her Mama's and her Amah's (grandmother), and her little sister Mei Mei's, and in this four-generation, female household, they are her 'sun and sky'. Amah is very good at telling stories about the culture of the old country, so the little girl's life is full of colour and legends and beauty of a different kind too, and she is very happy in her different-ness from the English children around her who love her uniqueness too. The glowing colours, full of light and happiness and wonderful flowers, along with the lyrical and unusual text show us a child perfectly settled into her environment. An enchanting story.