"Where isum box?" he asked excitedly.
"No savvy," replied Dam Li, shaking his head.
Ah Sin gazed wildly around. Seeing a box in the distance he rushed at it. Dam Li waved him back.
"That box no dam use," he stated.
Ah Sin tried again.
"P'haps him in dirty box," he suggested.
Dam Li rolled his eyes inwards, as one who consulted an oracle within.
"Jug inside dirty box," he agreed ultimately, pointing in its direction.
"Oh, in the dust-bin," I said. "Well, there's no harm in looking."
So look we did, and there, sure enough, it was. I picked it out and did some quick thinking.