My child, listen carefully.
What I am about to tell you is a very important matter.
It has been passed down from generation to generation, though no one remembers exactly when it began.
A story about a long, long journey...
Summer, in a small town near the sea.
A young man steps off the bus at the station.
He has been traveling all this time.
A town like this holds no reason for him to stay long.
Once he has earned enough for the journey, he will move on to more bustling places.
His companion is a small doll left to him by his mother.
Without touching it with his hands, he can make the doll move—
a magic inherited from his mother.
By performing with the doll, he sustains his travels.
The young man puts on a puppet show for the children.
But the crude doll fails to capture their interest.
Receiving no reward,
he stands weakly under the blazing summer sun
and drifts into a hazy sleep...
On this street by the sea, the young man meets the girl fate has set in his path...
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