And he was preserving it alive, and it was growing up with him and with his sons, all together. From his morsel it would eat, and from his cup it would drink, and in his bosom it would lie, and it came to be as a daughter to him.
و فقیر را جز یک ماده برّهٔ کوچک نبود که آن را خریده ،‏ و پرورش داده ،‏ همراه وی و پسرانش بزرگ می‌شد ؛‏ از خوراک وی می‌خورد و از کاسهٔ او می‌نوشید و در آغوشش می‌خوابید و برایش مثل دختر می‌بود .‏