An old woman cuts off the leg of an octopus on the beach, and gets rich by selling it at the market. A groom is given botamochi rice balls at his bride's village. He wants his mom to make them, so he keeps saying "botamochi" on the way home, but then he trips and rises up saying, "dokkoisho!" (repeat from episode 34). A strong-willed and hardworking mother goes all alone to Ashitaka Mountain, where a Tengu lives. But she doesn't come back.
浜辺でタコの足を切り落とし、市場で売って一攫千金を狙う老婆。新郎が嫁ぎ先でぼた餅をもらう。お母さんに作ってもらおうと、帰り道で「ぼた餅」と言い続けるが、つまづいて「どっこいしょ！」と立ち上がる。(第34話からの繰り返し）。気の強い働き者の母親が、天狗の住むアシタカ山に一人で行く。しかし帰ってこない。
