Evelien finds the dead body of Slippertje, the hamster, in its cage. When the postman brings a package, she still has the dead hamster in her hand, triggering the postman to tell the story of his wife's sudden death. He reminds her always to say goodbye whenever you leave a loved-one: there is always a possibility it is the last time you see each other. Evelien takes the advice by heart: she calls her former lover Theo in order to finish their affair in a proper way. During the call Theo takes a flirt with a young girl; Evelien notices, concluding that no one is irreplaceable. She buys a new hamster that is to impersonate Slippertje. When the children are out of school it takes them a quarter of a second to establish that this is not Slippertje. Evelien then tells the truth. Slippertje is buried in a box.