He saluted the king and said that "A Brahmin named Gopi brought these ornaments to me and asked me to sell them. But they are the ornaments I made for the Prince who is missing. So I told this man to wait in my house and ran here at once, Your Majesty, to show them to you." "Who is this man? Where is he?" thundered the King. "This man must have murdered my little Prince and robbed his jewels!" The King called for his most dreaded soldiers and said "Arrest the Brahmin who is in the goldsmith’s house and throw him into the darkest dungeons of the kingdom!"

The King’s guard stormed into the goldsmith’s house and seized Gopi. The Brahmin could not understand what was going on.

"Why are you doing this? What have I done?" he asked the guards.

Soldiers said that "You have dared to kill the young Prince and stole his jewels,You will certainly be put to death for this great crime."

Gopi was thrown into a dark dungeon. He then remembered the words of Nagesh, the snake he had pulled out of the well. So he called out to the snake. Suddenly, almost like magic, Nagesh, the snake slithered his way down a narrow window into the dingy cell.

Seeing him Gopi cried and said "Please help me, I have been sentenced to death for a crime I did not commit." Gopi then told the snake what had happened. After listening the whole story Nagesh told him that "I have a plan, I shall creep into the Queen’s room and bite her," said Nagesh. "She will faint. No matter what they do, she will remain asleep. The poison will remain in her body until you place you hand on her forehead," explained Nagesh.

He then left Krishnan and went to the palace. He crept into the Queen’s room and bit her. The Queen fainted.

The sad news that the Queen had been bitten by a snake spread all over the Kingdom.

Hakims and Doctors came from far and near, but their medicines had no effect. No one could revive the Queen. Finally, the King declared that anyone who could cure the Queen would be handsomely rewarded. Many people went to the palace to cure the Queen but all of them failed.

"I can cure the Queen," Gopi told the guards. At once they took him to the palace and the King took him to the Queen. The snake’s poison had turned her blue.Gopi sat beside the Queen and placed his hand on her forehead. Soon, she opened her eyes and sat up. The poison had left her. There was joy throughout the land. The King was overjoyed and shed tears of happiness. He embraced Gopi and thanked him.

Seeing this Gopi said to the king "Your Majesty,I was sent to prison for a crime I did not commit." "What do you mean?" asked the King.Gopi told him the whole story. The King was fuming with rage when he heard what the goldsmith had done. He at once had the goldsmith arrested.

The King was sorry that Gopi was falsely accused of murder and robbery. He then presented him with a large house and a thousand pieces of gold.

Gopi sent for his family and they all lived happily ever after.

                          The End