The story follows two brothers, Baldo and Ambo, in their village of Nagrebcan. They get into a fight over Baldo's favorite puppy. When their father Tang Ciaco arrives, he believes the puppy is rabid and beats it to death with a piece of firewood. He then beats the two boys. Later, Baldo and Ambo find the puppy's corpse in the cornfield and bury it, marking the grave with a rock.