aid to each other, "and came to stay with Ganga
Teli, he received us like friends; he gave us beautiful rooms to live
in, beautiful beds to lie on, and delicious food to eat. We cannot
stay here."

So they went away very sorrowful, and wandered for a whole week, and
all the time they had no food, till they came to another country whose
Raja, Raja Bhoj, was one of their friends. Raja Bhoj received them
very kindly. "What has brought you to this state? How is it you are so
poor?" he said. "What has happened to you?" "It is God's will," they
answered. Raja Bhoj gave them a beautiful room to live in, and told
his servants to cook for them the very nicest dinner they could. This
the servants did, and they brought the dinner into Raja Harichand's
room, and set it before him and left him. Then he and the Rani put
some of the food on their plates; but before they could eat anything,
the food both in the dishes and on their plates became full of
maggots. So they could not eat it. They felt greatly humbled. However,
they said nothing, but worshipped God; and they buried all the food in
a hole they dug in the floor of their room.

Now the daughter of Raja Bhoj had left her gold necklace hanging on
the wall of the room in which were Raja Harichand and the Rani Bahan.
At night when Raja Harichand was asleep, the Rani saw a crack come in
the wall and the necklace go of itself into the crack; then the wall
joined together as before. She at once woke her husband, and told him
what she had seen. "We had better go away quickly," she said. "The
necklace will not be found to-morrow, and Raja Bhoj will think we are
thieves. It will be useless breaking the wall open to find it." The
Raja got up at once, and they set out again. Raja Bhoj, when the
necklace was not found, thought Raja Harichand and the Rani Bahan had
stolen it.

They wandered on till they came to a country belonging to another
friend, called Raja Nal, but they were ashamed to go to his palace.
The three weeks were now nearly over, only two more days were left. So
the Rani said, "In two days we shall be able to eat. Go into the
jungle and cut grass, and sell it in the bazar. We shall thus get a
few pice and be able to buy a little food." The Raja went out to the
jungle, but he had to break and pull up the grass with his hands. He
worked half the day, and then sold the grass in the bazar for a few
pice. They were able to buy food, and worshipped God and cooked it;
and as the