asked the king . ` Wo n't you speak to me to-day ? ' ' I have nothing to say that you would care to hear , ' answered the jogi . ` Why ? ' said the king . ` Surely you know that I value all that you say , whatever it may be . ' 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 XXXXX the leg was the princess herself .
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