Two girls who have lost their mother visit their uncle. Together they try to deal with their situation. The teenage sister is more absent in her grief, compared with her seven year old little sister, who wants to have more contact with her uncle. Before bedtime, she asks him to read a book she brought with her. 'Duck, Death and the Tulip' is read by the uncle, while the little one imagines the story at first. Duck meets Death and is pretty frightened. After a while they become friends. Later the uncle imagines the end of the story, when Duck dies. In his vision he sees the dead mother dying in peace.