IX. WONCHEON'GANG BON-PURI
A girl who was like jade appeared lonelily on a desolate field.
The people of this world who discovered her
Asked, "What child are you, and from where?"
"I emerged from the field of Gangnim."
"What is your surname, and what is your given name?"
"I don't know my surname, nor my given name; I don't know anything at all."
"So how have you stayed alive up to now?"
"One crane came flying to me
"Laying one wing out for me [as a bed] and enfolding me with the other,
"Suckling me from a pearl that shines at night, keeping me alive this way and that,
"So I've been safe and sound until today."
"What's your age?" "I don't know how old I am either."
Things being such, the people said, "Since you don't know how old you are,"
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