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Updated: June 3, 2025
"I would rather," she said, "bear all the punishment than that he should suffer." Even Hari-Sarman was touched at this, and fearing that if he kept Jihva longer, she would be found in the prison by messengers from the king, he promised that no harm should come to her or the thief, and let her go.
A quantity of gold and many valuable jewels disappeared in the palace of the king of the country; and when the thief could not be discovered, some one told the king the story of the stolen mare, and how a man called Hari-Sarman, living in the house of a rich merchant in the chief city, had found her when everyone else had failed.
The king, who was always ready to listen to reason, agreed to this; and after a long consultation with Deva-Jnanin, he decided on a very clever puzzle with which to try Hari-Sarman.
She became in fact quite a different creature, and began to wish she had been a better mother to her children. "When the wedding is over," she thought, "I will go and see how they are getting on." On the other hand she forgot all about her husband and scarcely ever saw him. It was all very different with Hari-Sarman himself. He had no special duties to perform and nobody seemed to want him.
The man hesitated at first, but in the end she persuaded him to consent by promising him a large reward. When the key grated in the lock, Hari-Sarman stopped talking aloud, wondering whether what he had been saying had been overheard by the guard, and half hoping that his wife had got leave to come and see him.
"For you have good wages, and many a time you have stolen money that did not belong to you. Go now and fetch it all, and have no fear that I will betray you." What mistakes do you think Jihva made in what she said to Hari-Sarman? What would have been the best thing for her to do when she thought she was found out?
And he beat against the door, but no notice was taken of that. What lesson does the trouble Hari-Sarman was in teach? Do you think it would have been better for him to tell the king he could not reveal secrets? When it got quite dark in the prison, Hari-Sarman began to talk to himself aloud. "Oh," he said, "I wish I had bitten my tongue out before I told that lie about the mare.
Now what can I take that is sure to be missed? I know, I know!" And springing out of bed, he hastily dressed himself and crept out of the house. What would you have done if you had been Hari-Sarman? Do you think Vidya ever had any real love for her husband? This was what Hari-Sarman decided to do.
Many a time has he surprised me by what he has been able to do." Do you think Vidya had any wish to help Hari-Sarman for his own sake? Is there anything you think she should have done before seeing the master? On hearing what Vidya said, the merchant at once told her to go and fetch her husband. But to her surprise Hari-Sarman refused to go back with her.
Unfortunately he was not a bit industrious, but very lazy, and so was his wife. Neither of them made any attempt to teach their boys and girls to earn their own living; and if the other poor people in the village had not helped them, they would have starved. Hari-Sarman used to send his children out in different directions to beg or steal, whilst he and Vidya stayed at home doing nothing.
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