A statue by the river reminds a boy of his dead mother.  His stepmom tells him that if the statue will eat a rice ball, he can have one too, so off he goes.  The insect children are playing in the depths of the forest when walking stick falls from a tree and starts to cry. One late night, a pack driver is returning home when he meets a beautiful woman.
The mother treated the child 
as if he were her own.
La nueva madre lo cuidó como 
si se tratara de su propio hijo
La nueva madre lo cuidó como si fuera suyo
A mãe cuidou do filho como se fosse seu.