A kind old man raises a dog named Shiro, but his greedy neighbor kills it.  When he spreads the ashes in the garden...   A rich young man is ill and wants an orange, but it's the middle of summer.  The head clerk runs all over town and finally finds one.
A thief tries to break into a brewery but is knocked out by the owner.  The owner thinks the thief is dead and abandons him next to a river.
Once upon a time, there lived 
an old couple in a village.
Había una vez, hace mucho tiempo, 
un abuelo y una abuela en un pueblo.
Hace mucho, mucho tiempo, había una 
pareja de ancianos en un pueblo.
Era uma vez, um casal de 
senhores em um vilarejo.