A weasel and a rat plant a field with chestnuts because they're starving. Kotaro goes to visit his mother up the river when the woman who raised him dies. A lightning god comes to Earth and finds a woman who he falls in love with.
The boy's growth gave meaning 
to the old woman's life.
Observar al niño creciendo 
era la única diversión para la anciana.
O crescimento do garoto significava
tudo na vida da mulher.