A raccoon comes to a woodcutter's house and learns to work a spinning wheel.  On a moonlit night, a giant snake appears with two moons in tow and swallows a hunter. His daughters find out and swear revenge.  A lord issues an order that anybody who turns 60 must be left in the mountains to die.  A son tearfully takes his mom up to the mountains but can't bear to it. He hides her beneath the floor.
Run a thread through this bent bamboo.
atraviesa un hilo por este bambú 
que está doblado siete veces.
atraviesa un hilo por este bambú 
que está doblado siete veces.
Dessa vez, passe um fio por 
esse bambu todo entortado.