1. Rama and sita.....

2. My name is Sita. My husband was Rama, the son of king Ayodya. We were married when we were very young. For a short time, we lived happily in the city with his father and step-mother.

3. The step mother convinced King Ayodya to send Rama away from the city. She forced Rama to live far away, in the country, for 14 years. One day Rama and I went for a hunt in the forest.

4. A wicked King, called Rahwana, appeared. Rahwana thought I was very beautiful, so he kidnapped me. I screamed, but I was not strong enough to fight him. Rahwana took me to his kingdom and tried to convince me to marry him.

5. Rama went to fight against Rahwana, and he was helped by Hanoman, his servant who was a white monkey.

6. Rama got very angry …..

7. I pleaded with Rama and cried for his mercy, but he refused. There was only one thing I could do to convince Rama that I had been good.

8. I knew that if I was really pure, fire could not hurt me.

9. So, I set myself on fire when Rama was watching to prove my loyality..

10. The flames were hot and the fire roared but it didn’t hurt or burn my skin….

11. Finally Rama and all of the people in the kingdom believed that I’m pure to Rama and very sincere to him…!!

12. Our story has become a legend, an Indian fairy tale story, called Ramayana.