________________ Siri Sirivalakaha the order of the king and therefore, with their minds greatly troubled, gathered together in an assembly outside the village and began to ask one another thus: " What should be done now ? the king has given us a very bad order, and if the order of the king will not be carried out, great evil will come to us." While they were thinking thus it became mid-day, and their anxiety increased more and more. Now Rohaka, as usual, did not take his meals without his father and he (i.e. his father) had gone to the meeting of the villagers outside. Then Rohaka, being very much hungry, went to his father and began to cry and said: "I am very hungry, therefore come home for meals." Bharata, Lis father, said: " Child ! you are happy; you do not kNGow any calamity of the village." He asked: " Father, what is it? Then Kharata explained to him the order of the king in full details. Then by the power of his innate talent Rohaka at once thought out a plan of accomplishing the work and said: "Do pot be troubled. Dig underneath the big stone in order to create a 'mandapa' fit for the king and place pillars at proper places. Then make the walls and polish them." When he said so, all the people of the village cried
