What Mantharaca did at the beginning of the story is he found a spirit in a tree. He found him because he needed a big tree to fix his loom which is used to make cloth. He also found him because the tree the spirit was living was at a near by beach. Another reason is he found the spirit is because he thought the tree the spirit was living in was strong enough to fix his broken loom. Clearly, that is why what Mantharaca did at the beginning of he found the spirit in a tree.

What Mantharaca did toward the end of the story is he asked the barber and his wife what he should wish for. He asked the barber because he was the barber's best friend. He asked his wife because he thought she would have good advice for what to wish for. He also asked them because he could not make up his mind.Then when he listen to his wife his wish ended up killing him because people thought he was a demon because he wished for 2 heads and 4 arms. Clearly,what Mantharaca did toward the end of the story is he asked the barber and his wife what he should wish for.

Mantharaka's actions changed because his wife told him to wish for something else. His wife told him not to listen to the barber. The barber told him to wish for a kingdom. The wife told him not to listen to the barber and not to wish for a kingdom. Clearly,Mantharaka's actions changed because his wife told him to wish for something else. So the message is that you should make your own decision and don't listen to others.