My Bamboo Horse Was Sent to the Palace to Be a Eunuch

Zhuma's family is very poor, even poorer than mine. My family eats chaff, while his family eats vegetables. I wear coarse cloth and he wears linen. When I was ten years old, I went to play with him and heard that he was sent to the palace to be a eunuch. I still remember crying for a long time that day. My family lives in a remote place, and I have to travel ten miles to find a playmate. And that playmate is gone now, because he became a eunuch in the palace.