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.
He heard the sound of the 
biwa from beyond the swamp.
En el pantano se escuchaba 
el sonido del laúd japonés.
Se escuchaba en el pantano el sonido del biwa.
Sonhou com o som do biwa
do outro lado do pântano.