content: " what a dreadful misfortune for my poor suzume san to lose her tongue ! " he said to himself . " she wo n't be able to chirp any more , and surely the pain of the cutting of it out in that rough way must have made her ill ! is there nothing to be done ? " the old man shed many tears after his cross wife had gone to sleep . while he wiped away the tears with the sleeve of his cotton robe , a bright thought comforted him : he would go and look for the sparrow on the morrow . having decided this he was able to go to sleep at last .
answer: he decided he would look for the sparrow .
question: why was the man able to sleep at last ?
target: why was the man able to sleep at last ?
references: why was the man able to sleep at last ?