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the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb ... raised

"the only thing the poor man had was one little ewe lamb ... raised" or "the poor man had a little ewe lamb ... raised, and which he loved more than anything else he owned"

ewe lamb

a female lamb

was like a daughter to him

"he loved it as much as if it were one of his daughters"