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.
On the way, he found a traveling 
girl walking the same way as him,
Y en el camino a casa, encontró a una 
mujer que llevaba un laúd japonés.
Y de regreso a casa, encontró a 
una mujer que llevaba un biwa.
No caminho, ele encontrou uma jovem viajante
caminhando pelo mesmo caminho que ele