d-hot; flames came from the
iron. Then King Burtal hung it on the nail and pulled and pulled at
the chain till he drew it off the nail, and his hands were not in the
least burnt. The Ranis and palace servants were greatly astonished and
Goraknath much pleased. "You know how to do your work well," said he
to the king. Then Goraknath bade him good bye, telling him to look
after his kingdom and his wives; but they all said he must not leave
them, and they built him a grand house in the compound, and gave him a
great many servants to wait on him, and plenty of money; so Goraknath
agreed to live in this house; only, as he was a fakir, he often went
away by himself to spend some time in his jungle, always returning to
his house in King Burtal's compound. Meanwhile King Burtal gave each
of his wives a lichi to eat, and after a little while each wife had a
little son. They were all such beautiful children; but the biggest and
handsomest of all was the eldest Rani's little son. His name was
Sazada, and his father and mother loved him dearly.

When Prince Sazada was about six or seven years old, the fakir
Goraknath came to King Burtal and said, "Now you must give me your
son Sazada, for I want to take him away with me for some years." The
Rani, his mother, refused to let him go, but at last she had to do so,
and then she became mad and very sick for grief.

Goraknath took the little prince to Indrasan to be taught by the
fairies, and on arriving he married him to Jahur Rani, who was the
daughter of the greatest of the fairy queens. Goraknath made a grand
wedding for the little prince, and all the fairies were delighted that
he should be the little Jahur Rani's husband, for he was such a
beautiful child they all fell in love with him the moment they saw
him, and they taught him to play on all kinds of instruments, and to
sing beautifully, and to read and write, and he grew handsomer and
handsomer every day in the fairy kingdom. Goraknath came often to see
him, and the fairies took great care of him.

When Prince Sazada had grown a fine strong young man, Goraknath took
him and his wife, the Jahur Rani, and brought them in great state to
King Burtal's kingdom. First he took the young prince and presented
him to his father and said, "See, here is your son. Now he can read
and write, sing and play on all kinds of instruments, for I have had
him taught all these things." But they, when they saw him, fell on
their faces, for they cou