Once there was a king named Calamity, whose country was
conquered by a neighboring warlike king named Brahmadatta. King
Calamity, after hiding with his wife and son for a time, was
captured but fortunately his son, the prince, could escape. The
prince tried to find some way of saving his father in vain. On
the day of his father's execution, the prince in disguise made
his way into the execution ground where he could do nothing but
watch in mortification the death of his ill-fated father. The
father noticed his son in the crowd and muttered as if talking
to himself, "Do not search for a long time; do not act hastily;
resentment can be calmed only by forgetting it." Afterward, the
prince sought after some way of revenge for a long time. At last
he was employed as an attendant in the Brahmadatta's palace and
came to win the king's favors. On a day when the king went
hunting, the prince sought some opportunity for revenge. The
prince was able to lead his master into a lonely place, and the
king, being very weary,