A baby elephant was lying across a railroad in India. The elephant was sick. A locomotive happened to save the baby elephant's life. After the elephant was cured, it began to think of the locomotive as its mother. The two live together as mother and child, however, one day the old-fashioned locomotive had to be diassembled...
This is a beautiful but sad story. An orphaned elephant follows a locomotive wherever it goes, believing that it is its mother. In addition, the ending is truly sorrowful. This sentimental story is typical of Tezuka Osamu.