It was difficult for him to use the large mammoty and he goes to meet 'Gurunnanse' or the blacksmith to make a small mammoty for himself. His father works in the Chena and he helps his him. Appuwa or Prince Parakramabahu is a good student and studies many works of literature from Ven.
He lives happily with his parents and their two daughters Kalu Ethana and Sirimal Ethana.Children in the village go to the temple and learn Buddhism,Sinhala,Pali,Sanskrit languages and literature from Ven.
The Dhobi mother is given a chanted pendant by Pathiraja Senevi and she becomes speechless until she is allowed to remove it to prevent the story about Prince Parakramabahu's origin. The secret of the prince is only known by the King, Pathiraja Senevi and the Dhobi mother. Pathiraja Senevi explains the situation to the king andhe disguises as a normal soldier and goes to Kalundawa. The king returns and is angry about what had happened and the queen pretends that it was the messangers fault and she was protecting Prince Parakramabahu. Gamarala of Kalundawa adopts him and takes good care of him considering him as his son. The queen orders Pathiraja Senevi to jump with Prince Parakramabahu, but he rescues the prince and sends him with the Dhobi mother to Kalundawa for protection. When seeing the black colour flag, the servants jump from the rock. The queen sends one of her guards to kill the messanger and come with a black colour flag.
The king is victorious and sends the white flag to the palace. The king leaves on the following day and the queen plans a conspiracy to kill Prince Parakramabahu with the help of the king's advisor. But, if I have been defeated your king will never return.' and the servants agree to commit suicide if the king is defeated by jumping down from the Rock of Kurunegala. He also says 'If I am victorious, a massenger will come with a white colour flag and I will come later. Sangharaja Thero gives a prediction that the king will receive victory and blesses the king and army. The goes to war with Magha keeping Prince Parakramabahu under the protection of Pathiraja Senevi.
The king comes to know that the Indian invader from Kalinga named Magha is plundering wealth and resources while destroying villages. So the king married a Non-Buddhist princess an she also had a son named Waththama, to whom the queen wants to make the king inherit the throne, admist the objection from Buddhist monks and senior ministers. King Vijayabahu III of Dambadeniya had Prince Parakramabahu from his first queen.
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