content: " you must be sent to be my child , for i find you here among the bamboos where lies my daily work , " said the old man , and taking the little creature in his hand he took it home to his wife to bring up . the tiny girl was so exceedingly beautiful and so small , that the old woman put her into a basket to safeguard her from the least possibility of being hurt in any way . the old couple were now very happy , for it had been a lifelong regret that they had no children of their own , and with joy they now expended all the love of their old age on the little child who had come to them in so marvelous a manner .
answer: loving the tiny girl .
question: how did the old couple expend all the love in their old age ?
target: how did the old couple expend all the love in their old age ?
references: how did the old couple expend all the love in their old age ?