Mawaru Penguin Drum

Mary had three adorable little lambs.
The sight of them walking in the pasture turned everyone’s heads.
The little lambs’ wool shone like angels’ wings.
Mary couldn’t wait to spin their wool into thread.
But one day,
Mary awoke to a surprise.
The apple tree in the garden had withered.
It was the first tree in the world.
The tree that bore golden fruit each year.
It was Mary’s other dear, dear treasure.
Mary ran to the apple tree and broke into tears.
The apple tree’s light had once been the source of world’s love, future and dreams.
Now, the world is shrouded in darkness.
Mary cried on and on and the lambs’ consolation fell on deaf ears.
Suddenly, a voice rained down from the sky.
Don’t give up.
The world has not ended yet.
When Mary looked up, there were two unsual, huge, black bunnies sitting on a rock.
The black bunnies said,
“You know the Shrine of the Goddess deep in the forest?
Go and collect ashes from the flaming torch inside.
This tree will recover the instant you sprinkle the ashes over it!”
Mary declined.
Their taboo forbade human contact with the torch of the Goddess.
“You’re just going to borrow some ashes!”
“The world will be filled with light once again!”
“The Goddess will be pleased, too!”
That night, Mary stole the ashes from the shrine and sprinkled them over the apple tree.
Just as the black bunnies claimed, the apple tree was revived.
Mary was overjoyed, dancing under the tree, blind to the three little lambs.
However, the Goddess was furious.
It was, after all, a taboo.
The Goddess decided to punish Mary.
But… the punishment was ultimately up to the Goddess’s whim.
“Eeney, meeny, miny, moe!”
The Goddess chose the smallest, youngest lamb.
The lamb she chose was a gentle and kind girl.
Who likes to cook and knit, and always worries about her good-for-nothing brothers.
She was but a little girl.
Himari…
The brother lambs who were left behind cried…
“O Goddess, why did you choose Himari?”
“Because punishment…”
“Because punishment has to be the most unjust.”

Mary -> Kenzan
Ovejas -> Hermanos Takakura
Conejos -> la pareja que va con Sanetoshi