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.
They would race to the 
spring three leagues away,
En la competición había que ir a la fuente 
que estaba a 12 kilómetros del pueblo
En la carrera había que ir a la fuente que 
se encontraba a doce kilómetros del pueblo
Eles correriam cerca de 12 quilômetros,