Jirachai grew into a strapping great hulk of a teenager and was taught wrestling, archery, swordsmanship, riding, but his real love was shopping, flowers, conversations with the birds and of course Sammy. Being a pacifist he would never dream of using his sword on another person but found it so very useful for cutting flowers from the palace grounds. The palaces they visited never looked so good as a consequence of his tireless energy to decorate everything.