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On his birthday the old farmer and the good wife made a little feast for their foster-child. They ate and drank and talked of the thunder-storm, out of which Raitaro was born. Finally the young man said solemnly: "My dear parents, I thank you very much for your kindness to me, but I must now say farewell. I hope you will always be happy."
It was very curious that rain often fell on Bimbo's field when none fell elsewhere; so that Bimbo grew rich and changed his name to Kanemochi. He believed that the boy Raitaro beckoned to the clouds, and they shed their rain for him. A good many summers passed by, and Raitaro had grown to be a tall and handsome lad, almost a man and eighteen years old.
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