A huge rock saves a village from a flood.  The villagers use it to make a giant statue, but the statue is too big to carry to the temple.  But then the statue...  A poor old man goes to sell balls of thread for new years.  Gorouhei, a poor man, trades an old basin from his family for rice.
Gorobei was taught how 
to farm by Yakichi,
Yakichi, quien estudiaba junto con Gorobei,
Yakichi, quien estudiaba 
junto con Gorobei,
Quem ensinou para Gorobei
o trabalho no campo foi Yakichi,