The Rajah was very angry. He took Surya Bai back to the palace with him, and the wicked old Ranee was shut up in a tower where she was very miserable all the rest of her life, but the peasants and their children were raised to great wealth and honor, and Surya Bai and the Rajah lived happy forever after.
THE PRINCES AND THE FRIENDLY ANIMALS
A Lithuanian Story
There was once a King who had three sons, and he had also a stepdaughter. They all lived together in peace and happiness and had everything their hearts could desire. But after a time an enemy of the King came against him with a great army, and slew him, and took the kingdom and drove forth the Princes into the world, and their stepsister with them.
The three and the one journeyed on and on together until they came to a deep forest, and there they saw a mother bear, and her three cubs were with her.
The eldest Prince was about to shoot at her, but the bear cried out, “Do not shoot, Prince, and I will give you my three cubs for servants, one for you, and one for each of your brothers.”
To this the Prince agreed. He let the bear go away unharmed, and the three cubs followed after the three Princes, each one behind his own master.
After they had gone a bit farther into the forest, they saw a lioness, and she also had three young ones with her.
Now it was the second Prince who was about to shoot, but the lioness called to him, “Do not slay me, Prince, and I will give my three cubs to you and your brothers, one to each of you.”
Thereupon the Prince allowed her to go unharmed and the three young lions followed after the Princes with the bear cubs.
Soon after that they saw a mother fox, and three little ones were with her. This time it was the youngest Prince who would have shot, but the fox called to him, imploring him to spare her life and offering instead her three young ones to the Princes.