But still the jogi sat with his face turned away , and the more the king pressed him the more silent and mysterious he became . At last , after much persuasion , he said : ` Let me tell you , then , that there is in this city a creature which , if you do not put an end to it , will kill every single person in the place . ' The king , who was easily frightened , grew pale . ` What ? ' he gasped -- ` what is this dreadful thing ? How am I to know it and to catch it ? Only counsel me and help me , and I will do all that you advise . ' ` Ah ! ' replied the jogi , ` it is indeed dreadful . It is in the shape of a beautiful girl , but it is really an evil spirit . Last evening it came to visit me , and when I looked upon it its beauty faded into hideousness , its teeth became horrible fangs , its eyes glared like coals of fire , great claws sprang from its slender fingers , and were I not what I am it might have consumed me . ' The king could hardly speak from alarm , but at last he said : ` How am I to distinguish this awful thing when I see it ? ' ` Search , ' said the jogi , ` for a lovely girl with a lance wound in her leg , and when she is found secure her safely and come and tell me , and I will advise you what to do next . ' Away hurried the king , and soon set all his soldiers scouring the country for a girl with a lance wound in her left . For two days the search went on , and then it was somehow discovered that the only person with a lance wound in the leg was the princess herself . The king , greatly agitated , went off to tell the jogi , and to assure him that there must be some mistake . But of course the jogi was prepared for this , and had his answer ready . ` She is not really your daughter , who was stolen away at her birth , but an evil spirit that has taken her form , ' said he solemnly . ` You can do what you like , but if you do n't take my advice she will kill you all . ' And so solemn he appeared , and so unshaken in his confidence , that the king 's wisdom was blinded , and he declared that he would do whatever the jogi advised , and believe whatever he said .
So the jogi directed him to send him secretly two carpenters ; and when they arrived he XXXXX them to make a great chest , so cunningly jointed and put together that neither air nor water could penetrate it .
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