Midon the fisherman is wounded and can't go fishing.  He borrows money from a samurai, but can't pay it back. A wife gets mad at her drunkard husband and returns to her parents.  But she misses her husband now that she's left him. A young servant named Sutekichi loves katanas.  He wants his own, so he pays a blacksmith with a thousand logs to make one for him.
Sutekichi banged the hammer against 
his katana as hard as he could.
Sutekichi estaba muy empeñado 
en hacer su espada
Y así, Sutekichi 
ayudó al herrero
Sutekichi bateu o martelo contra a
 sua espada o máximo que pôde.