ountry they had never seen a
fakir, so when Shekh Farid and Mohandas arrived, the Raja sent to
them, and asked Shekh Farid to come to talk to him. "No," said the
fakir, "I will not go to the Raja: if the Raja wants me, he must come
to me."

Dumkas Raja was very angry when his messengers returned with this
answer, and he ordered Shekh Farid to leave his country immediately;
but the fakir said he would not go until he had married his adopted
son, Mohandas, to Champakali Rani. The people all laughed at him for
saying this, and declared such a marriage would never take place.
However, the fakir and Mohandas walked about and saw the town, and
looked at everything, and everybody stared at them. Then they went to
live on the border of Dumkas Raja's country, and lived there for some
time.

One day Shekh Farid bought Mohandas a beautiful horse and fine clothes
such as Rajas wear, and told the boy to ride about the fields and high
roads. He also told him not to speak to any one unless they spoke to
him. Mohandas promised to do as he was bid. As he was riding along, he
met the Princess Champakali, who was also riding. She asked him who he
was. "A Raja's son," he said. "What Raja?" asked Champakali. "Never
mind what Raja," said Mohandas. The princess then went home, and so
did Mohandas; but every day after this they met and talked together,
and the princess fell very much in love with Mohandas.

At last she said to her father, "I wish to marry a young man who rides
about on the border-land every day, and is very handsome." The Raja
consented, for it was time his daughter was married, and now no Raja
from another country would come to marry her, as the demons who
guarded the princess swallowed all her suitors at one gulp, and had
already swallowed many Rajas who had come on this errand.

Shekh Farid said to Mohandas, "Now go up to the palace, and claim the
princess for your wife." "If I do," said Mohandas, "the demons will
swallow me." "I will not let them swallow you," said Shekh Farid. So
Mohandas consented and set off for the palace, Shekh Farid following
him. When Mohandas came to the demons, they were going to swallow him;
but the fakir, who had his sword in his hand, killed them all, and as
he did so, the Rajas and princes who had come as suitors to the
Princess Champakali, and had therefore been swallowed by the demons,
all came jumping out of the demons' stomachs and ran off in all
directions as hard as they could, from