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When the fairies saw how astonished Subha Datta was at the way they laughed, it made them laugh still more, and they seized each other's hands again and whirled round and round, laughing all the time. Poor Subha Datta, who was very tired and hungry, began to get unhappy and to wish he had gone straight home after all.
Sometimes he thought he would slip off home when the fairies were away, but when he looked at the pitcher he could not bear the thought of leaving it. What sort of man do you think Subha Datta was from what this story tells you about him? What do you think was the chief cause of his becoming discontented after he had been in the service of the fairies for a few days?
They consulted together, and then one of them told him they wished to make him a present before he went away, and they would give him whatever he asked for. What do you think it was that made Subha Datta determine to go home when he found his wife and children could do without him? What would you have chosen if the fairies had told you you could have anything you liked?
If they could not persuade Subha Datta to choose something else, they would have to give him their beloved, their precious pitcher and would have to seek their food for themselves. They all tried all they could to persuade the woodcutter to choose something else.
When his wife asked him how he had got food, he told her a long story about the fruits he had found, and she believed all he said, and determined to make up to him now for all she thought he had suffered. When she called the little girls to come and help her get a nice meal for their father, Subha Datta said: "Oh, don't bother about that! I've brought something back with me.
Subha Datta was so astonished at the sight that he let his axe fall, and the noise startled the dancers, who all four stood still and stared at him. The woodcutter could not say a word, but just gazed and gazed at them, till one of them said to him: "Who are you, and what are you doing in the very depths of the forest where we have never before seen a man?"
"Well, begin by sweeping away all the dead leaves from the clearing, and then we will all sit down and eat together." Subha Datta was very glad that what he was asked to do was so easy. He began by cutting a branch from a tree, and with it he swept the floor of what was to be the dining-room.
One by one the friends went away, leaving Subha Datta alone with his family. If you had been Subha Datta's wife, what would you have done when this misfortune came to her husband? What would you have done if you had been the woodcutter? This is the end of the story of the Magic Pitcher, but it was the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of Subha Datta and his family.
When, they all got very near the place, however, some idea began to come into Subha Datta's head that he was doing a very foolish thing. He stopped suddenly, turned round facing the crowd that followed him, and said he would not go a step further till they all went back to the cottage.
We will whisper in her ear when she is asleep, and she will be so glad to think of your happiness that she will forget her own troubles." Do you think what the fairies said to the woodcutter was likely to comfort him about his wife and children? If you had been in Subha Datta's place what would you have said to the fairies when they made this promise?
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