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Updated: June 3, 2025
Then the idea came to him that the best thing he could do would be to go away and never see his own people again. What do you think was wrong in Putraka's way of looking at the past? Was his idea of leaving his country and his people a sign of weakness or of strength?
He begged her to allow him to show himself to her, and added: "I will go away again directly afterwards if you wish it." Putraka's voice was so gentle, and it seemed to Patala so wonderful that a man could fly and make himself invisible, that she was full of curiosity to see him and find out all about him.
What are you quarrelling about?" The men were greatly surprised to hear Putraka's voice, for they thought that they were quite alone. They stopped fighting for a minute or two, and one of them said: "We are fighting for three very precious things which were left behind him by our father." "What are those things?" asked Putraka. "A bowl, a stick and a pair of shoes," was the reply.
The answers made them very eager to see Putraka, but they did not at first realize that he was closely related to them. Only when they heard the name of his mother did they guess the truth. Putraka's father knew, when he deserted his wife, that God was going to give her a child soon; which made it even more wicked of him to leave her.
They guessed at once what had happened; and after staring up in the air for a long time, they went home, feeling very much enraged with the man who had cheated them, and ashamed of having been so stupid as to trust him. What do you think of Putraka's behaviour in this matter? If you could have had one of the three things Putraka stole, which would you have chosen?
He thought and thought how best to manage this, and did not at first mean to tell his brothers anything about it; but in the end he decided he had better have them on his side. So he invited them to go with him to a secret place to talk the matter over. What qualities did Putraka's father show in this plot against his son?
Instead of being grateful for all Putraka's generosity, they were very unkind and exacting, never pleased with anything; and whatever they had given them, they were always trying to get more. In fact, they were silly as well as wicked; for they did not realize that this was not the way to make the king love them or wish to keep them with him.
Can you suggest anything else Putraka might have done in the matter? Just what the young king hoped came to pass. Wherever the Brahmans went they talked about the country they came from and the wonderful young king who ruled over it. Putraka's father and uncles, who were after all not so very far off, heard the stories about him, and asked the Brahmans many questions.
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