The moon tells us that it has never seen anything like the story of the loveless couple in a castle by the sea. The queen has cut off his head and sends her husband, who plays boxer, who hangs out in a coffin, to find him a new head. He complies, sailing toward a city on a mountain, walking back one, then two, then four heads. Each one is tried and his counselor, a kind of witch doctor, advises against each one. What will the husband do?