The secret of the clan

A beautiful story of transmission involving the recipient.

Like every summer, an old fisherman welcomed his young granddaughter to his village built on an island. Days go by peacefully! But this time, she noticed that several of Granddad’s friends had the same tattoo as her grandfather’s on their wrists. A crab! That night, they celebrated the feast of souls. A lantern sailed away on the water in Grandma’s honor. Very slowly, the little girl gently laid a finger on Grandpa’s tattoo, staring at it with puzzled eyes. Grandpa smiled without so much as a word. But in the very next night, he woke the little girl up. He wanted to show her something…