In the autumn of 761 a gale tore the thatch off
杜甫's cottage in
成都, village boys ran off with the straw, and the rain leaked onto his bed all night. The poem ends with a wish:
安得广厦千万间,
大庇天下寒士俱欢颜, 'if only I had ten million great houses to shelter all the poor scholars under heaven and make them smile'. Today the museum
杜甫草堂 stands on the site.