Jiro had always been treated as an outsider. Since childhood, classmates laughed at him because he talked to animals as if they were ordinary people. They thought he was strange, but Jiro was not imagining things—he was born with the rare ability to understand the voices of every creature around him. When everyone turned away from him, his only true companions were the animals in his neighborhood, especially his loyal dog Natchy, who always comforted him whenever he felt hurt or lonely.