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... (repeat from episode 41). A young man in the village of Matagi, Hachirōtarō, 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.
1)キコリのお爺さんは、ある日、山で足を怪我した大鹿に出会う。漁師の追手から鹿を助けたお爺さんは、その後も怪我が治るまで鹿を見守り・・・2)魚取りが上手なカワウソのところにやってくるキツネ。いつも、魚をご馳走になるばかりで、ちっともカワウソにはご馳走してくれない。そこで考えたカワウソは・・・。3)マタギの里の若者・八郎太郎は、仲間二人と山に入るが、食事の支度の最中に、空腹に負け三人分の焼き魚を一人で食べてしまう。すると、八郎太郎の身体に変化が・・・
