that night as he lay trembling in bed the little old woman lay there in place of the dog, crying "majnun, majnun, i want to marry you. i have loved you all these long, long years. when i was in my father's kingdom a young girl, i knew of you, though you knew nothing of me, and we should have been married then if you had not gone away so suddenly, and for long, long years i followed you." "well," said majnun, "if you can make yourself a young girl again, i will marry you."