An old man loved a swallow, but when it eats his wifes glue, she cuts out its tongue.  He goes deep into the mountains to find her... A packdriver buys a good horse in town, and then some mackeral to give to the god of horses. Shinkichi works at a soy sauce shop, but since he's so careless everyone treats him like a child.
She had made glue from rice 
to help dry the kimonos,
el gorrión comenzó a comerse 
el almidón hecho de arroz
el gorrión comenzó 
a comerse el arroz
Ela fez cola de arroz para 
ajudar a secar as roupas,