she was now very old. twelve years she had wandered about the jungle, and for twelve years she had lived inside her rohu; and she was no longer beautiful, and had lost her teeth. the snake took her on his back and carried her into the country, and there he put her down, and she wandered on and on till she got to majnun's court-house, where king majnun was sitting. there some men heard her crying, "majnun, majnun; i want majnun," and they asked her what she wanted. "i want king majnun," she said.