Strange to say, at that moment Moonlight disappeared. Then the
wise man said: "A giant named Smoke-tail has carried her to his
den in the Vindhya forest."

When Hariswami heard this from the wise man, he was frightened
and asked the clever man to find a remedy for the trouble. And the
clever man made a chariot as before, full of all kinds of weapons,
and brought Hariswami with the wise man and the brave man in a
moment to the Vindhya forest. And the wise man showed them the
giant's den.

When the giant saw what had happened, he came out in anger, and
the brave man fought with him. Then came a famous duel with
strange weapons between a man and a giant for the sake of a
woman, like the ancient fight between Rama and Ravana. Though
the giant was a terrible fighter, the brave man presently cut off his
head with an arrow shaped like a half-moon. When the giant was
killed, they found Moonlight in the den and all went back to Ujjain
in the clever man's chariot.

Then when the proper time for wedding came, there arose a great
dispute among the three in Hariswami's house.

The wise man said: "If I had not discovered her by my wisdom,
how could you have found her hiding-place? She should be given
to me."

The clever man said: "If I had not made a flying chariot, how
could you have gone there in a moment and come back like the