LESSON 7

After what he had done for the Prince the king was satisfied that his son would follow his footsteps and become a king later. He ordered a high wall to be built round the palace including the park.But the prince was not happy in this palace living like a prisoner. One day he told his father . Father, I must go out of the palace gate and see how other people live. Very well my Son,”said the king’ you shall go outside the palace wall to see how people live in city. The prince go out to palace and see the dirty old man in the city.The beggar dragged himself along the street paying no attention to all the gay people around him. He asked his driver.”That really Channa told the prince, that it was an old man but he was not  born like that. “When young he was like us and now due to his old age he has become like this.He told the prince to forget this man.But the prince to forget this man. But the prince was not satisfied.He could not sleep when the time came.He was in bed Thinking that one day everyone would grow old, grey, wrinkled,toothless and ugly like that old beggar.

The King, When he heard this story was very sad and worried and was thinking whether this would make his son leave the palace.So he told his attendants to put on more dances and dinners. But the prince begged his father to allow him to see Kapilavatthu on an ordinary day without the people being told of his vist.

LESSON 8

The king very unwilling allowed the prince to visit the city. But he thouht it would not do any good trying to stop him now since it would only make him unhappy. He dressed up as young men from nble families because he did not want the people to know them. The prince looked at these simple common people. Everyone was very busy, happy and pleased in his work. Once again for the second time in his life something made him very sad.At once the prince, Being a very kind person, ran forward and carried the man and resting his head on his knee, patted the man and said,”What is wrong with you The sickman could not speak but only cry.O! My prince,”do not hold this man like that.This man is sick. His blood is poisoned .He has plague fever and it is burning all over the body and that  is why he is crying loudly without being ableb to speak. Everybody in this world. No one can stop it and it can happen any time. One may fall ill and suffer nmuch.” The prince was sasser this time and he returned to the palace and began to think