"in the morning there was great weeping and lamentation in the merchant's house when it was known what had happened. the merchant himself nearly went mad. meanwhile the dog kept on running to the door, and pulling at his master's shirt and paijamas, as though wishing him to go outside. at last a friend suggested that, perhaps, the dog knew something of the whereabouts of the things, and advised the merchant to follow its leadings. the merchant consented, and went after the dog right up to the very place where the thieves had hidden the goods. here the animal scraped and barked, and showed in various ways that the things were underneath. so the merchant and his friends dug about the place, and soon came upon all the stolen property.