The mandali, teachers, and schoolchildren had been awaiting the Master's presence since early morning and had gone without food or water. They all walked to Baba and entreated him to return.
Baba gestured, "When you break my order and eat two laddoos instead of one, how can I trust you? If you fail to follow such a simple instruction, what is the point of your staying with me?"
They beseeched him for his forgiveness and he finally granted it. An inner peace stilled the air. The students ran for their musical instruments and serenaded Baba back to Meherabad amidst happy laughter. A serious situation turned into a joyful one and yet all were taught a lesson in obedience which they would not forget.
This is an example of the lengths the Master would go to in order to drive home his message to the mandali. Baba remained seated under the tree all day without eating or drinking simply to teach the men to obey him in the smallest matter. What compassion he has!
Baba received news on 7 October that the Harijans of Arangaon had eaten the flesh of a dead bullock. He immediately closed the school and sent the Arangaon Harijan students home. In the afternoon Baba was informed that the parents of the children who had previously taken the oath had not eaten the flesh. So the children were called back and Baba walked to Arangaon. There he jotted down the names of those who had consumed the meat. The following day, all the villagers whose names Baba had noted came to him. They promised Baba again never to touch the flesh of dead animals and further promised to bury any carcasses they found beyond the village limits. To make up for the income they would lose by burying these animals, Baba promised to pay each one Rs.5 for every dead animal's skin. Had Baba not insisted upon burying the animals, the Harijans could not have resisted the temptation of eating the flesh after skinning them.
␞The Master had ordered Ajoba to construct a large teakwood table, 15 3/4 feet long, 5 3/4 feet wide and 4 1 Attached underneath it, he was to build a small cabin of the same width, but only 8 feet long and 3 feet high. The Table Cabin was built in such a way that there was only room inside for a person to sit. It was first kept near the Post Office building, but on 4 October, it was moved under the neem tree opposite the Jhopdi.