While listening through a window to members of the society reciting poetry, Sokka was accidentally kicked through the window and onto the stage by an unruly ostrich horse. He apologized to the ladies present, accidentally speaking in haiku form, which impressed the young ladies but irritated Macmu-Ling. Sokka further impressed the group by continuing to speak in haiku form, albeit not particularly eloquently, eventually outperforming Madame Macmu-Ling herself. Becoming overconfident, Sokka added one final haiku at the end as an encore but mistakenly added a sixth syllable to the final line. The members of the society glared at him in silence, and he was promptly thrown out of the building by a guard.