Albert becomes an apprentice for a craftsman who is Jewish. His classmates accuse him of being a Jew-lover and Laura is embarrassed because they accuse her when she tells them to quit picking on Albert. Albert learns to take pride in his work and when Mr. Isaac Singerman dies at the end of the summer, Albert follows his way of planting an acorn to grow a tree to repay the earth for the one he used in his carpentry.—Anonymous
When Albert works as an apprentice to an old Jewish man named Issac, the children in school call Albert a "Jew-lover" and beat him up. Albert soon develops a sense of pride in his work, thanks to the old man.