--- title: Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16 — Indian Fairy Tales · full text with trees · page 2 description: Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16, «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: So one day the hawker stopped in a village; and whilst he was getting his own breakfast cooked, he dressed the ass in a lion's skin, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16 # Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/101/) — In the middle of the night the nurse took the box in which was the beautiful little prince, and went out to a broad plain in the jungle. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/102/) — There she dug a hole, made the fastenings of the box sure, and put the box into the hole, although the child in it was still alive. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/103/) — The King's dog, whose name was Shankar, had followed her to see what she did with the box. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/104/) — As soon as she had gone back to the four Queens (who gave her a great many rupees), the dog went to the hole in which she had put the box, took the box out, and opened it. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/105/) — When he saw the beautiful little boy, he was very much delighted and said, "If it pleases Khuda that this child should live, I will not hurt him; I will not eat him, but I will swallow him whole and hide him in my stomach." - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/106/) — This he did. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/107/) — After six months had passed, the dog went by night to the jungle, and thought, "I wonder whether the boy is alive or dead." - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/108/) — Then he brought the child out of his stomach and rejoiced over his beauty. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/109/) — The boy was now six months old. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/110/) — When Shankar had caressed and loved him, he swallowed him again for another six months. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/111/) — At the end of that time he went once more by night to the broad jungle-plain. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/112/) — There he brought up the child out of his stomach (the child was now a year old), and caressed and petted him a great deal, and was made very happy by his great beauty. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/113/) — But this time the dog's keeper had followed and watched the dog; and he saw all that Shankar did, and the beautiful little child, so he ran to the four Queens and said to them, "Inside the King's dog there is a child! the loveliest child! - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/114/) — He has a moon on his forehead and a star on his chin. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/115/) — Such a child has never been seen!" - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/116/) — At this the four wives were very much frightened, and as soon as the King came home from hunting they said to him, "While you were away your dog came to our rooms, and tore our clothes and knocked about all our things. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/117/) — We are afraid he will kill us." " - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/118/) — Do not be afraid," said the King. " - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/119/) — Eat your dinner and be happy. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/120/) — I will have the dog shot to-morrow morning." - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/121/) — Then he ordered his servants to shoot the dog at dawn, but the dog heard him, and said to himself, "What shall I do? - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/122/) — The King intends to kill me. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/123/) — I don't care about that, but what will become of the child if I am killed? - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/124/) — He will die. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/125/) — But I will see if I cannot save him." 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