Asakichi and his wife save the thunder when it falls from heaven. A rough country girl who doesn't know how to be polite says "o" in front of everything because her mom tells her to. A young, hardworking girl is to be adopted by her master, but his jealous wife makes her quit while the master is away.
There was once a persimmon tree
En algún terreno desocupado había 
un árbol que tenía caquis dulces.
En unas tierras que no pertenecían a 
nadie, había un árbol con dulces caquis.
Num lugar desolado do vilarejo,
 havia uma árvore de caqui