Characters
- Chirin (チリン) - A young, cheerful, and innocent lamb who has no understanding of life and death. He always wears a bell around his neck.
- Chirin's mother - A sheep who is very loving towards her son Chirin
- Wolf (Uou in the Japanese version) - An aging black wolf with a scar across one eye. The wolf lives in the mountains surrounding the farm and kills based on the belief that he must continue the cycle of nature.
- The other sheep - The nameless sheep on the farm are timid creatures who offer Chirin no comfort or support when his mother is killed.
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