A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The wife notices their neighbor hanging laundry and criticizes it as unclean, without realizing that her view may be clouded. After a month, she is surprised to see the neighbor's laundry looking clean and credits the neighbor with learning, though her husband reveals he simply cleaned their windows that morning. The story suggests that how we perceive others depends on our own state of mind, and we should check our perspective before judging others.