at the pitcher he could not bear the thought of leaving it. . What sort of man do you think Subha Datta was from what this story tells you about him? .
What do you think was the chief cause of his becoming discontented after he had been in the service of the fairies for a few days? CHAPTER VI Soon Subha Datta could not sleep well for he thought of the wife and children he had deserted. Suppose they were hungry when he had plenty to eat! It even came into his head that he might steal the pitcher and take it home with him when the fairies were away.
But he had not after all the courage to do this; for even when the beautiful girls were not in sight, he had a feeling that they would know if he tried to go off with the pitcher, and that they would be able to punish him in some terrible way. One night he had a dream that troubled him very much. He saw his wife crying bitterly in the little home he used to love, holding the youngest child on her knee whilst the other children stood beside her looking at her very, very sadly. He started up from the ground on which he lay, determined to go home at once; but at a little distance away he saw the fairies dancing in the moonlight, and somehow he felt again he could not leave them and the pitcher.
The next day, however, he was so miserable that the fairies noticed it, and one of them said to him: “Whatever is the matter? We don’t care to keep unhappy people here. If you can’t enjoy life as we do, you had better go home.” Then Subha Datta was very much frightened lest they should really send him away; so he told them about his dream and that he was afraid his dear ones were starving for want of money he used to earn for them. “Don’t worry about them,” was the reply.
“We will let your wife know what