The Sower

Little Chie knows that her sister 3 yearold Itsuki is unlike her Chies uncle Mitsuo is also unusual Suntanned and adorned in a rusticlooking floppy hat he couldnt look less like Chies neat and respectable father But Chie is overjoyed when Mitsuo walks back into their lives having spent three years in a mental institution and Mitsuo overwhelmed with emotion dotes on his two little nieces This brief harmony is short lived Frustrated by her little sister Chie drops her causing fatal injuries Unable to allow his niece to take the blame Mitsuo claims responsibility shouldering all the condemnation that ensues