Tomokichi is a boy. His family is father, mother, a younger sister and a baby. They lived in his mother's home town until he was five. Then they moved to Tokyo. His father drank too much. At last his mother went back to her home with a baby. His father and the two children went to his father's home town. One day in summer Tomokichi and his sister went out of the home and got on a train to Tokyo. Then they took another train to his mother's home town. At last they met their mother, grandmother, aunt, etc. - Summary by ekzemplaro