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.
It was the melody of the biwa belonging 
to the girl he'd met that day.
Era el mismo laúd que escuchó 
el día que conoció a la chica.
Era aquel instrumento que llevaba 
la hermosa chica que había conocido.
Era o som do biwa que pertencia
à garota que ele encontrara.