■ あらすじ　
　婆が飼っていた雀が隣家の意地悪な婆の糊を舐めたため、怒った意地悪婆に舌を切られ逃がされた。それを聞き雀を心配した婆は爺と共に雀を探した。爺婆は雀の宿にたどり着き、歓待を受け、帰り際に大きな葛籠<つづら>と小さな葛籠をどちらか土産に選ぶよう言われると、小さな葛籠を選んで持ち帰り、その中からは宝物が出てきた。隣家の意地悪婆も真似をして雀の宿へ行き、大きい葛籠を土産に選んだが、その中からは化け物が出てきて意地悪婆は八つ裂きにされた。

■ Outline of this story
　A sparrow kept by a kind-hearted old woman licked some starch at the house of a cross old woman who lived next door. In a rage, the cross old woman cut out the tongue of the sparrow before it managed to fly away. Hearing of this incident, the kind old woman worried about the sparrow and went looking for it with her husband. The two finally came upon the home of the sparrow, which welcomed them and asked them to choose between a big wicker basket and a small one to take back with them as a token of the visit. They chose the small basket, and found it filled with treasure upon their return. The cross old woman went to the sparrow's home as well and chose the big wicker basket for her gift, but when she got it back home and opened it, a whole troop of frightful devils sprang out of it and tore her to pieces.