as prince majnun and the wazir's son walked in the garden, they gathered the fruit as they had done as little children, only they bit the fruit with their teeth; they did not cut it. while majnun was busy eating a fruit in this way, and was talking to husain mahamat, he turned towards him and saw laili walking behind the wazir's son. "oh, look, look!" he cried, "see what is following you; it is a rakshas or a demon, and i am sure it is going to eat us." laili looked at him beseechingly with all her eyes, and trembled with age and eagerness; but this only frightened majnun the more. "it is a rakshas, a rakshas!" he cried, and he ran quickly to the palace with the wazir's son; and as they ran away, laili disappeared into the jungle. they ran to king dantal, and majnun told him there was a rakshas or a demon in the garden that had come to eat them.