--- title: Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20 — Indian Fairy Tales · full text with trees description: Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20, «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: "What a splendid city this is!" said the young man. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/) [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 20 # Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20 Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20 of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs: the whole text, 147 sentences and 2563 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 3 of them are in the tales treebank and were checked by a teacher model. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/page/2/) - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/1/) — "What a splendid city this is!" said the young man. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/2/) — "Now, the man must surely be demented!" thought the old farmer. " - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/3/) — I wonder what he will do next? - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/4/) — He will be calling the land water, and the water land; and be speaking of light where there is darkness, and of darkness when it is light." - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/5/) — However, he kept his thoughts to himself. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/6/) — Presently they had to wade through a stream that ran along the edge of the cemetery. — checked by a teacher - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/7/) — The water was rather deep, so the old farmer took off his shoes and paijamas and crossed over; but the young man waded through it with his shoes and paijamas on. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/8/) — "Well! - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/9/) — I never did see such a perfect fool, both in word and in deed," said the old man to himself. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/10/) — However, he liked the fellow; and thinking that he would amuse his wife and daughter, he invited him to come and stay at his house as long as he had occasion to remain in the village. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/11/) — "Thank you very much," the young man replied; "but let me first inquire, if you please, whether the beam of your house is strong." - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/12/) — The old farmer left him in despair, and entered his house laughing. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/13/) — "There is a man in yonder field," he said, after returning their greetings. " - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/14/) — He has come the greater part of the way with me, and I wanted him to put up here as long as he had to stay in this village. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/15/) — But the fellow is such a fool that I cannot make anything out of him. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/16/) — He wants to know if the beam of this house is all right. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/17/) — The man must be mad!" and saying this, he burst into a fit of laughter. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/18/) — "Father," said the farmer's daughter, who was a very sharp and wise girl, "this man, whosoever he is, is no fool, as you deem him. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/19/) — He only wishes to know if you can afford to entertain him." - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/20/) — "Oh! of course," replied the farmer. " - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/21/) — I see. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/22/) — Well perhaps you can help me to solve some of his other mysteries. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/23/) — While we were walking together he asked whether he should carry me or I should carry him, as he thought that would be a pleasanter mode of proceeding." - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/24/) — "Most assuredly," said the girl. " - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/25/) — He meant that one of you should tell a story to beguile the time." - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/26/) — "Oh yes. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/27/) — Well, we were passing through a corn-field, when he asked me whether it was eaten or not." - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/28/) — "And didn't you know the meaning of this, father? - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/29/) — He simply wished to know if the man was in debt or not; because, if the owner of the field was in debt, then the produce of the field was as good as eaten to him; that is, it would have to go to his creditors." - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/30/) — "Yes, yes, yes; of course! - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/31/) — Then, on entering a certain village, he bade me take his clasp knife and get two horses with it, and bring back the knife again to him." - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/32/) — "Are not two stout sticks as good as two horses for helping one along on the road? - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/33/) — He only asked you to cut a couple of sticks and be careful not to lose his knife." - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/34/) — "I see," said the farmer. " - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/35/) — While we were walking over the city we did not see anybody that we knew, and not a soul gave us a scrap of anything to eat, till we were passing the cemetery; but there some people called to us and put into our hands some chapatis and kulchas; so my companion called the city a cemetery, and the cemetery a city." - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/36/) — "This also is to be understood, father, if one thinks of the city as the place where everything is to be obtained, and of inhospitable people as worse than the dead. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/37/) — The city, though crowded with people, was as if dead, as far as you were concerned; while, in the cemetery, which is crowded with the dead, you were saluted by kind friends and provided with bread." - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/38/) — "True, true!" said the astonished farmer. " - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/39/) — Then, just now, when we were crossing the stream, he waded through it without taking off his shoes and paijamas." - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/40/) — "I admire his wisdom," replied the girl. " - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/41/) — I have often thought how stupid people were to venture into that swiftly flowing stream and over those sharp stones with bare feet. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/42/) — The slightest stumble and they would fall, and be wetted from head to foot. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/43/) — This friend of yours is a most wise man. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/44/) — I should like to see him and speak to him." - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/45/) — "Very well," said the farmer; "I will go and find him, and bring him in." - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/46/) — "Tell him, father, that our beams are strong enough, and then he will come in. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/47/) — I'll send on ahead a present to the man, to show him that we can afford to have him for our guest." - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/48/) — Accordingly she called a servant and sent him to the young man with a present of a basin of ghee, twelve chapatis, and a jar of milk, and the following message:--"O friend, the moon is full; twelve months make a year, and the sea is overflowing with water." - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/49/) — Half-way the bearer of this present and message met his little son, who, seeing what was in the basket, begged his father to give him some of the food. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/50/) — His father foolishly complied. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/51/) — Presently he saw the young man, and gave him the rest of the present and the message. — checked by a teacher - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/52/) — "Give your mistress my salam," he replied, "and tell her that the moon is new, and that I can only find eleven months in the year, and the sea is by no means full." - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/53/) — Not understanding the meaning of these words, the servant repeated them word for word, as he had heard them, to his mistress; and thus his theft was discovered, and he was severely punished. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/54/) — After a little while the young man appeared with the old farmer. - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/55/) — Great attention was shown to him, and he was treated in every way as if he were the son of a great man, although his humble host knew nothing of his origin. - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/56/) — At length he told them everything--about the laughing of the fish, his father's threatened execution, and his own banishment--and asked their advice as to what he should do. - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/57/) — "The laughing of the fish," said the girl, "which seems to have been the cause of all this trouble, indicates that there is a man in the palace who is plotting against the king's life." - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/58/) — "Joy, joy!" exclaimed the vizier's son. " - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/59/) — There is yet time for me to return and save my father from an ignominious and unjust death, and the king from danger." - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/60/) — The following day he hastened back to his own country, taking with him the farmer's daughter. - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/61/) — Immediately on arrival he ran to the palace and informed his father of what he had heard. - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/62/) — The poor vizier, now almost dead from the expectation of death, was at once carried to the king, to whom he repeated the news that his son had just brought. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/63/) — "Never!" said the king. - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/64/) — "But it must be so, Your Majesty," replied the vizier; "and in order to prove the truth of what I have heard, I pray you to call together all the maids in your palace, and order them to jump over a pit, which must be dug. - [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/65/) — We'll soon find out whether there is any man there." - [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/66/) — The king had the pit dug, and commanded all the maids belonging to the palace to try to jump it. - [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/67/) — All of them tried, but only one succeeded. - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/68/) — That one was found to be a man!! - [69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/69/) — Thus was the queen satisfied, and the faithful old vizier saved. - [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/70/) — Afterwards, as soon as could be, the vizier's son married the old farmer's daughter; and a most happy marriage it was. - [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/71/) — The Demon with the Matted Hair - [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/72/) — \_This story the Teacher told in Jetavana about a Brother who had ceased striving after righteousness. - [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/73/) — Said the Teacher to him: "Is it really true that you have ceased all striving?"--"Yes, Blessed One," he replied. - [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/74/) — Then the Teacher said: "O Brother, in former days wise men made effort in the place where effort should be made, and so attained unto royal power." - [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/75/) — And he told a story of long ago. - [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/76/) — \_ - [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/77/) — Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was King of Benares, the Bodhisatta was born as son of his chief queen. - [78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/78/) — On his name-day they asked 800 Brahmans, having satisfied them with all their desires, about his lucky marks. - [79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/79/) — The Brahmans who had skill in divining from such marks beheld the excellence of his, and made answer: - [80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/80/) — "Full of goodness, great King, is your son, and when you die he will become king; he shall be famous and renowned for his skill with the five weapons, and shall be the chief man in all India." - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/81/) — On hearing what the Brahmans had to say, they gave him the name of the Prince of the Five Weapons, sword, spear, bow, battle-axe, and shield. - [82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/82/) — When he came to years of discretion, and had attained the measure of sixteen years, the King said to him: - [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/83/) — "My son, go and complete your education." - [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/84/) — "Who shall be my teacher?" the lad asked. - [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/85/) — "Go, my son; in the kingdom of Candahar, in the city of Takkasila, is a far-famed teacher from whom I wish you to learn. - [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/86/) — Take this, and give it him for a fee." - [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/87/) — With that he gave him a thousand pieces of money, and dismissed him. - [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/88/) — The lad departed, and was educated by this teacher; he received the Five Weapons from him as a gift, bade him farewell, and leaving Takkasila, he began his journey to Benares, armed with the Five Weapons. - [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/89/) — On his way he came to a forest inhabited by the Demon with the Matted Hair. - [90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/90/) — At the entering in of the forest some men saw him, and cried out: - [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/91/) — "Hullo, young sir, keep clear of that wood! - [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/92/) — There's a Demon in it called he of the Matted Hair: he kills every man he sees!" - [93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/93/) — And they tried to stop him. - [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/94/) — But the Bodhisatta, having confidence in himself, went straight on, fearless as a maned lion. - [95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/95/) — When he reached mid-forest the Demon showed himself. — checked by a teacher - [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/96/) — He made himself as tall as a palm tree; his head was the size of a pagoda, his eyes as big as saucers, and he had two tusks all over knobs and bulbs; he had the face of a hawk, a variegated belly, and blue hands and feet. - [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/97/) — "Where are you going?" he shouted. " - [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/98/) — Stop! - [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/99/) — You'll make a meal for me!" - [100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/100/) — Said the Bodhisatta: "Demon, I came here trusting in myself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/page/2/) - ← previous: [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/) - next →: [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/) - ↑ back to [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/)