ある年の十二月、左官屋の伝助は仕事の帰りに、三両もの大金が入った財布を拾います。
財布の中にあった紙片を頼りに、神田の大工・吉五郎に財布を届けましたが、
吉五郎は「落としたものは、拾った人のものだ。もう俺のものじゃない」と受け取りません。
受け取れ、受け取らないで二人は喧嘩となり、名奉行・大岡越前のお裁きを受けることとなりました。
In December of the same year, Densuke, a plasterer, finds a wallet containing a large sum of money (three ryo) on his way home from work.
Relying on a piece of paper he found in the wallet, he delivered it to Kichigoro, a carpenter in Kanda.
But Kichigoro said, "What you dropped belongs to the person who picked it up. However, Kichigoro refused to accept the purse, saying, "What I dropped belongs to the person who picked it up; it is no longer mine.
However, Kichigoro refused to accept the purse, saying, "The purse belongs to the person who picked it up.