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.
but even if he thought he'd done 
a good job, Shinkichi's towel...
Aunque Shinkichi creía que 
la lavaba bien, su toalla...
Shinkichi creía que la 
mantenía limpia, y entonces...
mas mesmo lavando muito,
a toalha do Shinkichi sempre...