A Tree of Palme can be seen as a distant allusion of the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi.

It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian.

After her death, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman whom he mistakenly believes to be Xian.

Shaken out of his sadness, Palme accepts her request to deliver something special to a far-off place known as Tama.

This sets Palme off on a journey to discover his own emotions, and what it truly means to be human.