Carmen, a peasant woman, seeks stability for her husband Carlos' health after he has an accident with an axe. One day, a bird bothers her, and she kills it with a slingshot. When her husband returns, he has a hole in the back of his neck, just like the bird. Carmen decides to burn both bodies after witnessing this irregularity, but Carlos assaults her, and in a quick act, she takes the same axe and cuts off his head.