Pierrot , as an adult , recalls his encounter with a storyteller. One day after school, Pierrot, who struggles to make friends due to his dreaming, saw a man who flips an invisible book. Intrigued, the boy approaches the man. The latter asked him to read to her . The boy loves the story so that the man told him that the following day , he comes for replay . The storyteller seems to rejuvenate a little more each time. One day, Mr. Fred abandons the tale to tell him the tragic story of his life.