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him and he becomes like an angel again. He never sees his anger."
Then she heard about a yogi who had great knowledge and wisdom in all matters and she went to see him where he meditated and did his practices. When the queen reached the cave where the yogi lived, she had to wait, for he was in one of his deep meditations. While waiting, the queen herself fell into a meditation, in which she saw her husband, the king, reflected in a golden mirror which had black dots covering it. But she did not know the meaning of her meditation.
When the great yogi finished his meditation, he beckoned the queen forward and she told him about her meditation. The yogi understood at once how the king could be helped and he said, "Go to your palace and cover all the walls, including the ceilings, with mirrors."
The queen was puzzled by what the yogi told her but she went back to the palace and ordered that the walls and the ceilings be covered with mirrors. And the king did not object to his queen's unusual wish because he still wanted to please her. Besides, he found a certain charm and novelty in having so many mirrors in his palace.
The day came, however, when the king became terribly angry and demonic again and his face looked like that of an enraged beast. And when the king saw himself in one of the golden mirrors, he did not recognize himself. In fact, in his demented state of mind, he
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