A woman whose husband has gone to war finds herself living in his mother's house; her inability to control her impulses rouses the ire of her mother-in-law, and drives her into the arms of her husband's brother.

A girl quietly watches as her uptight father takes up fly tying. One night, the girl's father allows her to make her own fly tie.

A Buddhist monk tells a visitor about an enchanting woman he met and why he feels he must redeem himself.