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55. She bore him five sons who were devoted to their parents. Each one was skilled in his own way. They were also entrusted to my care by my friend. 56-61. Out of love for my friend, I brought them up with care, and made them strong. Then those five sons of Madam Unsteady individually erected splendid palaces, invited their father to their homes and entertained him continually in turns. The eldest of them entertained him in his mansion with different kinds of sweet music, with incantations of the Vedas, the reading of scriptures, the humming sounds of bees, the twittering of birds and other sounds sweet to hear. 62-64. The father was pleased with the son, who arranged for still further sounds for him which were harsh, fearful and tumultuous like the roar of the lion, the peal of thunder, the raging of the sea, the rumblings of earthquakes, the cries from lying-in-chambers, and the quarrels, moans and lamentations of many people. 65-67. Invited by his second son, the father went to stay in his mansion. There he found soft seats, downy beds, fine clothes and some hard things; others hot or warm or cold, or refreshing things with various designs, and so on. He was pleased with the agreeable things and felt aversion to the disagreeable ones. 68. Then going to the third son, he saw charming and variegated scenes, things red, white, brown, blue, yellow, pink, smoky-grey, tawny, red-brown, black and spotted, others fat or lean, short or long, broad or round, bent or wavy, pleasing or horrible, nauseous, brilliant or