very lovely, was sitting there.  As the Elder said, “Since you’re here in the bamboo that I look at every morning and evening, I’ve found you.  It appears that you are a person destined to become my child”, and taking her right up in his hand, he brought her home.  Putting her in the care of his old wife, he had her raise the girl.  She was dear to them, beyond anything.  Since she was very small, they brought her up in a basket.  

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