A woodcutter meets a wounded deer in the mountains.  He saves it from a hunter and watches until its wounds are healed... The Fox comes to see the river otter, who is good at catching fish.  He takes fish from the river otter but never gives any himself.  And so the River Otter comes up with an idea... A young man in the village of Matagi, Hachirou Tarou, goes to the mountains with two of his friends, but as he gets ready for dinner he gives into his hunger and eats their fish.
Once upon a time, deep in 
the mountains of Touhoku,
Había una vez, en lo profundo 
de la montaña Touhoku,
Hace mucho, mucho tiempo, en lo 
profundo de la montaña de Touhoku,
Era uma vez, no fundo das 
montanhas de Tohoku,