Answer:
A girl named Amy who had a crush on the minister's son, Robert, however she was embarrassed by her family when they invited him and his family over for dinner as he was American and they were Chinese. And her mother took not of this and said, " You want to be the same as American girls on the outside". She gave her a skirt as an early present for Christmas. Amy, years later, finally understood what her Mom was trying to tell her.
