Midon the fisherman is wounded and can't go fishing.  He borrows money from a samurai, but can't pay it back. A wife gets mad at her drunkard husband and returns to her parents.  But she misses her husband now that she's left him. A young servant named Sutekichi loves katanas.  He wants his own, so he pays a blacksmith with a thousand logs to make one for him.
but on the second day the payment 
was due, he never appeared.
Sin embargo, Midon no apareció 
en la fecha que habían acordado.
Sin embargo, Midon no 
apareció en la fecha acordada.
mas quando chegou o vencimento do segundo 
pagamento, ele não mais apareceu.