Once upon a time, an old man and an old woman lived.
They had never taken a bath and had no child.
One day, they tried to take a bath.
As they rubbed their body, a lot of dirt rolled off.
""We have got a lot of dirt. We can make a baby doll""
They formed a baby from their dirt.
Then, a mysterious thing happened...
The doll made from their dirt started moving!
It became a human baby now.
""Thank Heaven. The gods must have given him to us!""
the old man and woman named the baby Chikara Taro.
They cherished and raised him.
The baby surprisingly ate a lot.
As they fed him, the baby became large.
When he turned 15,
he was the strongest man in the village as his name meant.
The old man and woman aged a lot.
Now they could not work and feed him.
They lost their confidence.
One day, Chikara Taro talked to them.
""I am going on a journey.
Please make an iron bat of 375 kilograms.""
As he asked,
the old man and woman made the 375-kilogram iron bat.
Chikara Taro swung it very easily and left home.
Chikara Taro kept walking, and in a while, he saw a big man.
The man smashed a stone by his fist.
Many people gathered around him.
Chikara Taro asked him to fight.
He wanted to see which was more powerful.
""If you can swing my iron bat three times and a half, I will serve you. What would you say?""
said Chikara Taro.
""Well, so I will serve you if I can't swing it,"" answered the big man and sneered.
He took Chikara Taro's bat and swung.
But he could swing only one time and half.
Here became the big man a servant of Chikara Taro.
Chikara Taro and the big man continued a journey together.
On the way, they encountered a haughty man wearing an Odo hall on his back.
Chikara Taro challenged this man as well.
""Swing my bat three times and half. If you can, I will serve you.""
""Piece of cake!"" answered the man.
He took the iron bat and could swing only two times and half.
This man also started serving Chikara Taro.
When they arrived at one empty village, they found a girl crying alone.
""Why are you crying?"" asked Chikara Taro.
""A monster comes to this village every night and swallows villagers one after another.
Tonight, it will eat me.""
""Don't worry, girl. We can defeat such monster,"" said Chikara Taro with confidence.
He asked the girl to make a full pot of rice.
They ate all and waited for the night.
When it was midnight, the monster appeared.
That was even bigger than houses.
""Okay, first I will go,"" said the man who had smashed stones.
But, the monster swallowed him easily in a moment.
The next man carrying the hall also lost.
Now they were in the monster's stomach.
""Well, I will be the last opponent.
Be ready. I have the 365-kilogram iron bat!""
He swung the bat.
But the monster bended it easily.
Now he could not use the iron bat.
""So, how about this?""
Chikara Taro jumped and kicked the monster in a crotch.
Even the strong monster screamed with pain.
He fell down and gave a groan.
Chikara Taro had not finished yet.
Next he jumped on the monster's belly and stepped on it many times.
Then, villagers and his subordinates came out from the mouth.
Chikara Taro defeated the monster.
Later he married the girl who had cried alone.
He invited the old man and woman from his village.
Every day, the villagers brought him a lot of foods, for Chikara Taro saved the village.
He lived with them happily ever after.