The Monkey, begging two copper pots,[3] went away, and having gone, heated water in the two copper pots, and having made the Prince bathe, said to the Prince, “Do not eat largely of the sorts [of food] after I have cooked and given [the food] to you [at the palace]. I have asked for a [Princess in] marriage for you after I went there.”
Afterwards the Monkey, summoning the Prince also, went to the palace of the King of that city. Having gone there, and prepared a seat at the King’s table, and made ready the food, after the Prince sat down to the food seven Princesses themselves began to divide [and serve] it.
Then that Prince began to eat very plentifully. The Monkey having come and nudged him with his finger, said, “You have eaten enough.” Taking no notice of it, the Prince went on eating. Having eaten that, he shaped his hand [into a cup] and reversing it there [when full], ate in excess.
Then the King asked the Monkey, “What, Monkey, is [the reason of] that?”
The Monkey said, “Our Mr. Janel Siññā having been overheated [by his bath] could not eat. Through that indeed it has befallen that he has lost his senses.” That also the King kept in mind.
Then the Prince and the King’s eldest daughter were married.
After that, the Monkey said that he wanted a thousand bill-hooks, and a thousand digging-hoes, and a thousand axes, and a thousand people. The King gave him a thousand bill-hooks, and a thousand digging-hoes, and a thousand axes, and a thousand people. [With these the royal party set off to deliver the Princess at the Prince’s palace.]
Afterwards, having given the tools to those people, the Monkey goes in front. The King and the Princess and the Prince come after. That Monkey goes [in the trees] jumping and jumping, and changing branches. The thousand people went footing and footing the road.
While going thus they met with a city. Then the King quietly told the Monkey to halt; it stopped. Then the King asked the Monkey, “Whose is that city that is visible?”
The Monkey says, “This city is our Mr. Janel Siññā’s. It has been rented out to his work-people.” Afterwards the King went on, keeping that also in his mind.