1998 In a small village in Rwanda, a young couple lived together. They were married for many years and had five children from beginning to end, but all of them died young without exception. The couple are in a state of loss and pray to heaven. Please let us have another child, even if it is a child born with a disability. Nine months later, Ellie was born. For her mother, Ellie's birth is of course a favor from God, but this favor is not very extreme. When Ali was born, his head was only the size of a badminton, with a small head. This is a rare disease, with an average of one case per thousand newborn babies.
This disease will harm the growth and development of the baby's brain and IQ, and it is very likely that other kinds of disabilities will appear when he grows up. The most inconvenient thing is that there is no treatment for this disease at this stage. Only in the second trimester of pregnancy, according to the ultrasound examination, then, mother makes a choice. However, Aletti's family lives in a village in Africa, and there is no standard for ultrasonic examination in this area. After Ellie was born, her mother couldn't bear to leave her sixth and only surviving child, so she made the most difficult choice to raise this child.
Time flies, Ellie grows up under the care of her mother. With the increase of age, Ellie's difference from ordinary people gradually emerged. Although his head has just begun to grow and develop to the size of all normal people, his face is more and more prominent, and his appearance is closer to apes and supernatural forces. He admires and depends on his mother very much, but he almost doesn't want to eat a mouthful of rice cooked by her. There are only some natural and fresh vegetarian meals in his menu. Ellie usually eats apples for a living. If she has no money to buy fresh fruit, she can eat some grass. For her favorite ingredient, she is banana and apple. Ellie didn't go to school, not only because he can't speak, but also because of his appearance. Every child takes pleasure in bullying him.