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...