An old man loved a swallow, but when it eats his wifes glue, she cuts out its tongue.  He goes deep into the mountains to find her... A packdriver buys a good horse in town, and then some mackeral to give to the god of horses. Shinkichi works at a soy sauce shop, but since he's so careless everyone treats him like a child.
A young man named Shinkichi once 
worked at a soy sauce shop.
Había una vez un hombre llamado Shinkichi 
que trabajaba en una tienda de salsa de soja.
Había una vez, un hombre llamado Shinkichi, 
que trabajaba en una tienda de salsa de soja.
O jovem chamado Shinkichi trabalhava
 em uma loja de molho de soja.