Then having cooked with the firewood, she gave the Prince to eat.
On the morning of the following day the King went to the jungle, and chopped firewood. That day the Yakā did not come, saying “Hū.” Afterwards, through the Yakā’s not saying “Hū,” the King went to look for him, and saw that the Yakā was dead. So the King returned to the city, and saying, “I must find now, in a moment, the man who killed the Yakā,” caused proclamation to be made by beat of tom-toms to that effect.
Having heard it, this widow woman, summoning the Prince, went to the palace, and told the King that he had killed the Yakā. After that the King asked at the hand of the Prince, “How did you kill the Yakā?”
The Prince said, “I went to the jungle, and while I was chopping firewood the Yakā having come crying “Hū,” sprang onto me. Then I speedily chopped at him and killed him.” Having heard this, the King gave the Prince a district of that kingdom, and an elephant’s load of goods.
Afterwards the Prince gave all those things to the widow woman, and having gone away to another city, came to the house of a widow-mother. Having arrived there, the Prince said to her, “Anē! Mother, you must give me a resting-place to-day.”
The widow-mother said, “I can indeed give you a resting-place, but there is no place to sleep in. You cannot sleep in the veranda; a light falls there during the night, and any person who sees that light dies. Nobody can stop the light. In order to stop it, the King has made public proclamation by beat of tom-toms that to any person who stops it he will give an elephant’s load of goods, and a district of the kingdom.”
The Prince asked her, “Mother, where does the light fall first?”
The widow-mother said, “In an open grass field in the middle of the city.”
The Prince then said, “If so, go and tell the King to fix a raised platform at the place where the light falls, and having placed there a winnowing basket made of cow-dung, and a large pot of water, to come away. I will go there to-night and stop it.”
So the widow-mother went and told the King. After that, the King prepared the things in that very manner, and came away.