There were many lizards in Kandy. Because there was a danger they would urinate or defecate in the food (their urine and excreta are extremely poisonous), Katie would brush them off the wall, and Baidul's daughter, Dowla, would kill them. On Sunday, 17 November, Dowla reported to Baba that she had killed seven lizards in only fifteen minutes. Baba was not happy, but Katie said in her defense, "If any of them fall in the food, we could die."
Baba instructed them, "Don't kill lizards. Any animal that directly injures should be killed, but not lizards. Catch them and throw them outside. They eat flies and are useful."
He added in a teasing manner, "If you kill them, you will be a lizard in your next birth!"
On the 17th, Chatti Baba's mood changed, and he got so angry he threw his food and dishes out of the window. He kept repeating, "I am hungry! I am a child."
But each of the three times the men tried to feed him, he tossed the plate full of food away. He asked for two buckets of water and poured them over the stone floor of his room. Then he sat in the middle of the puddle.
The next day, Chatti Baba shut himself in his room and would not open the door. Baba wanted to work with him and kept knocking for him to open up. Finally he did, enabling Baba to sit alone with him. Later that day (18 November), when Baba went to be with the women, he informed them:
Today I worked with Chatti Baba very well, most satisfactorily. But I was so hot that I had to change my clothes twice. I never saw the old mast so happy, all the time laughing and uttering, "I am a child, I am old!" He had a big meal today, and mixed his rice, dal and water all together. Today he told the boy to bring in mud, spread it on the floor, and he sat in it. I told the boys to give him whatever he asked for. I, too, worked hard today. He was quite happy, sitting in the mud and water. Every time I go to him I get splashed!
Just think, he sits in mud and water for 24 hours, with the winds howling through the open windows, with practically nothing on, and he never catches a cold or suffers rheumatism.