A chipped bell turned up at the bottom of the storehouse. No one had rung it in twenty years, they said, and yet the handle was worn smooth.

• Granny SuzuThe chip came from my own hand. Don't fix it, just use it as it is.
  Sakaki GennoshinI'll use it as it is, then. A chipped bell carries farther than a whole one.
• ChiyoCustomers keep saying a bell rings on the hill every night lately.