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The sage Ryokan admired bamboo for its emptiness (as it is hollow inside) and its tendency to grow straight upwards. His hut was surrounded by bamboo and he spent many hours contemplating it. One day, he noticed a shoot of bamboo growing through the floor of his closet. He took great interest in the small shoot. One day, he noticed that it was growing too large for its small enclosure, so he took up a candle to burn a hole in the roof of his hut. His thatched roof caught fire more readily than expected, and his entire hut burned down along with the surrounding bamboo.