 A Mother s child is stolen by Death. The Mother madly pursues Death in an attempt to save her child s life and in the process, encounters several characters, Night, a Thorn Bush, a Lake, an Old Woman at Death s Greenhouse and finally, Death himself. She is made to surrender parts of herself on her journey to the various characters in order to find her child. At the conclusion, a little more than a shell of who she once was, The Mother is made to realize it is not her choice as to whether her child lives or dies. She says "Let God s will be done." As a result the child dies.