Once upon a time, a single mother and her son lived together in Yuanli, Taichung. One day, after bringing the cows out to graze, the son fainted due to heatstroke. The neighbors told the mother,“You have to cover your house with fresh grass to keep the heat of sun out.”

The next day, the mother went to the river bank to cut some grass, and tied it in bundles. Then, she took an afternoon nap under a tree. When she woke up, she saw an old grandma with a wrinkled face. She wore a red top and a black skirt and a circlet of grass upon her head. She wore many necklaces around her neck that looked very special. And in the grandma’s basket there was a type of grass that the mother had never seen before. The mother said, “Excuse me, Grandma, could you please tell me where to pick this kind of grass? What is it called? And what is it used for?”The grandma replied, “To cure heatstroke.”And she crossed the river. When the mother heard that the grass could be used to cure heatstroke, she quickly asked,“Could you teach me how to use it to cure heatstroke?”But the grandma walked quickly toward the mountain, and the mother had to follow behind quickly. Finally, they arrived at a stone house covered in moss and vines.

The mother saw the grandma seated upon a pile of light golden straw weaving a straw mat. After she finished the straw mat, the grandma continued to make a straw hat. The mother asked curiously, “Can these two be used to cure heatstroke?”The grandma said, “Of course! The straw mat absorbs sweat, and is cool to sleep upon. Wearing a straw hat keeps out the sun’s heat.”The mother asked the grandma to teach her how to weave the straw, but the grandma said, “Even if you knew how to weave, I won’t give you the straw.”So, the mother tried learning how to weave using the straw that she had brought. Although the mother’s straw was rough and made her fingers bleed, she continued to learn determinedly. In the end, the grandma sighed and said,“You are indeed a loving mother. The sky is getting dark. Take this straw mat and straw hat to your son. This type of straw grows upstream of this river by the small lake deep in the mountains.”

After using the straw hat and straw mat, the son never suffered from heatstroke again. The mother made a lot of straw hats and mats and sold it at Dajia town for a lot of money. The mother and son wanted to thank the grandma for her help, but the stone house had disappeared.

　　 很久以前，在中部苑裡住著一對窮困的母子。有一天，兒子放完牛後，回到家就中暑昏倒了，鄰居告訴母親說：「屋頂的茅草一定要換新的，才可以擋住陽光的熱氣。」
　　第二天，母親便到河邊割茅草，再將割好的茅草綁成一綑一綑的，接著就在大樹下睡午覺。母親睡醒時，看到一位滿臉皺紋的老婆婆，身穿紅衣黑裙、頭上插著小草、脖子上掛著很多串項鍊，看起來非常特別，背上的大竹簍裡裝著從沒看過的草，母親就問：「老婆婆，請問您去哪裡採這種草？它叫什麼名字？用來做什麼？」老婆婆回答：「用來治熱病的。」說完後就渡河，母親一聽可以治熱病，趕緊追問：「怎麼治，可以教我嗎？」老婆婆健步如飛的往山裡走，母親則在後面緊追，最後來到一間都是青苔及藤蔓的石屋。
　　母親看到老婆婆正在一堆淺金色的草堆中編草蓆，接著又編草帽，母親忍不住問：「這兩樣東西可以治熱病嗎？」老婆婆說：「當然，草蓆可以吸汗，睡在上面很涼，戴草帽則可以擋太陽。」母親就求老婆婆教她編織，老婆婆說：「學會也沒用，我不會把草給你的。」母親就開始用茅草編，雙手都被割破了，還是咬著牙編著。最後，老婆婆嘆口氣說：「你真是一位好媽媽，天快黑了，你先帶草蓆和草帽給你兒子，這種草長在小河上游深山裡的小湖邊。」
　　兒子用了草帽和草蓆後，再也沒中過暑。母親還編了許多草帽和草蓆拿到大甲鎮上賣，賺了很多錢。母子倆想去向老婆婆道謝，可是小石屋已經不見了。