Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man's apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and Bobby's world explodes into a grotesque nightmare. 　　译文(2): 鲍比 · 普拉特是一个智力迟钝的年轻人，他逃离了一个虐待他的，可恶的继父，他一个接一个地杀死了他的宠物。为了自救，鲍比逃走了，遇到了一个奇怪的老人，他在高速公路上徘徊，埋葬路上被杀死的动物。鲍比成了老人的学徒，并学会了以一种奇特的田园诗般的方式看待大自然的世界。但很快，他继父的阴影追上了他，鲍比的世界爆炸成了一个怪诞的噩梦。