Elder brother has been running the business of sacrificial paper for several years. He usually had a signboard lean on the wall outside near the gate. The shop sign was a plank on which nailed a piece of cardboard with the writing ‘Wholesale Sacrificial Paper' in ink vertically above and the telephone number horizontally below. Now he decided to replace it with a new one. The other day he went to a sign maker who told him it would cost ￥150. Reluctant to pay the high price, he turned to me for help. Yesterday dusk he brought me a plank painted sky blue, a tin of white paint and a brush. He made this noon the deadline for finishing the writing on the front and back. So I was occupied with it last night and almost the whole morning. It was really worth the price asked.