For as long as he could remember, the child lived a life of poverty. The polluted water from the river surrounding his village had recently caused his mother to become gravely ill, and thus he had devoted his time to begging on the streets to assist her recovery. He firmly believed that the Painted Lady would return and heal his mother. Upon the arrival of Avatar Aang and his friends at a local shop to purchase food, the little boy saw an opportunity to find his mother something, and he asked Katara to spare some, and she gave him what she could: a fish. Later that night, Katara dressed up as the Painted Lady and used her healing abilities to restore his mother's health and that of other ill villagers. The little boy woke up upon hearing Katara, and happily thanked her, assuming that she w