sentences:  Noticing that Tam also wants to join, the stepmother mixes up the rice and bran that Tam has to separate them before joining the festival, and threatens to punish her if she does not have it done by the time they get back from the festival.Again she cries, but then the old man reappears and she explains what happened.He calls sparrows down to help her and teaches her a poem to prevent them from eating the bran and rice