An old woman who is an excellent midwife hears a woman in pain with a difficult birth.  A man saves a snake and is rewarded with a strange sleeve that creates money when shaken.  A ghost in an old temple turns out to be a raccoon.
and the fields were dry as a bone 
and the harvests were small.
los campos se secaban y había poca cosecha.
Los campos se secaban y había poca cosecha.
e as plantações secaram...
A colheita foi baixa.