A man works hard at tilling an arid field near a river.  A girl saves his mother from drowning and he marries her. A foreign ship crashes near a small fishing village.A young man leaves on a journey to become strong, and encounters more and more friends with surprising talents.
the normally thin and frail 
rice had grown big and strong.
el arroz se ponía más lindo y fuerte,
el arroz se ponía cada 
vez más bonito y fuerte,
o arroz, normalmente fino e 
frágil estava grande e forte.