A statue by the river reminds a boy of his dead mother.  His stepmom tells him that if the statue will eat a rice ball, he can have one too, so off he goes.  The insect children are playing in the depths of the forest when walking stick falls from a tree and starts to cry. One late night, a pack driver is returning home when he meets a beautiful woman.
Once upon a time, there was an 
open area in a mountain village,
Hace mucho, mucho tiempo, en 
un área abierta al fondo de la montaña,
Hace mucho, mucho tiempo, en 
un claro al fondo de la montaña,
Era uma vez um vilarejo em
uma clareira na montanha