A young man meets an old man on the way to Ise, and promises to visit his village. A boatman saves a blind man from a flood, but the blind man dies. A rich man has a very powerful servant.  The servant is smart, too, so the rich man gives him one challenge after another.
The villagers believed that this 
tree had turned into an old man
Los habitantes creyeron que el pino 
se convirtió en el abuelo Matsutarou
Los vecinos creyeron que el pino 
se había convertido en el abuelo Matsutarou
Os moradores acreditaram que a árvore 
havia se transformado em um senhor