A young male patient endures a harsh winter in a rural village. Thin and shirtless beneath a quilt, the Boy exhibits empty eyes and shows no signs of fever or temperature imbalance. Initially presenting as physically healthy to the examining physician, he reveals a profound internal conflict regarding his own mortality. He urgently whispers a plea to the doctor to be allowed to die. Subsequent examination uncovers a severe, approximately hand-sized wound on his right hip. This injury appears pink ("rosa") with multiple shadings and is infested with worms comparable in size to a human finger. The wound's grotesque nature confirms a terminal prognosis. Following this discovery, the Boy's demeanor shifts; he voices skepticism about the doctor's reassurances regarding survivability, indicating lost trust. His physical state renders him largely passive and still. His family, learning the doctor identified the wound, participates in a ritual. They forcibly undress the physician and place him into the bed beside the Boy, adhering to a chant sung by a nearby school choir suggesting proximity brings healing. Lying beside the doctor, the Boy voices doubt about the doctor's ability to help him. He makes no further active requests. The Boy remains in bed as the doctor eventually escapes through the window. Supernatural horses outside react with loud neighing during the examination, though the Boy shows no explicit reaction. His ultimate fate is implied by the doctor's private assessment that the wound is fatal and beyond treatment.