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out to the opening of the cave。 The youth drew back behind the boulder。 

;Sister察sister察there is nothing there察─said the one with the eye。 

     Then she said此 Sister察give me the tooth for I would eat my acorns。 

Take the eye and keep watch。; 

     The   one   who   was   eating   held   out   the   tooth察  and   the   one   who   was 



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watching      held   out   the  eye。   The   youth    darted   into  the   cave。   Standing 

between the eyeless sisters察he took with one hand the tooth and with the 

other the eye。 

     ;Sister察sister察have you taken the eye拭─

     ;I have not taken the eye。 Have you taken the tooth拭─

     ;I have not taken the tooth。; 

     ;Some one has taken the eye察and some one has taken the tooth。; 

     They   stood   together察  and   the   youth   watched   their   blinking   faces   as 

they tried to discover who had come into the cave察and who had taken the 

eye and the tooth。 

     Then they said察screaming together此 Who ever has taken the eye and 

the tooth from the Graiai察the ancient daughters of Phorcys察may Mother 

Night smother him。; 

     The youth spoke。 ;Ancient daughters of Phorcys察─he said察 Graiai察I 

would not rob from you。 I have come to your cave only to ask the way to a 

place。; 

     ;Ah察it is a mortal察a mortal察─screamed the sisters。 ;Well察mortal察what 

would you have from the Graiai拭─

     ;Ancient Graiai察─said the youth察 I would have you tell me察for you 

alone know察where the nymphs dwell who guard the three magic treasures´ 

´the cap of darkness察the shoes of flight察and the magic pouch。; 

     ;We   will   not   tell   you察  we   will   not   tell   you   that察─  screamed   the   two 

ancient sisters。 

     ;I   will   keep   the   eye   and   the   tooth察─  said   the   youth察   and   I   will   give 

them to one who will help me。; 

     ;Give me the eye and I will tell you察─said one。 ;Give me the tooth and 

I will tell you察─said the other。 The youth put the eye in the hand of one 

and the tooth in the hand of the other察but he held their skinny hands in his 

strong   hands   until   they   should   tell   him   where   the   nymphs   dwelt   who 

guarded the magic treasures。 The Gray Ones told him。 Then the youth with 

the   bright   sword   left   the   cave。 As   he   went   out   he   saw   on   the   ground   a 

shield   of   bronze察  and   he   took   it   with   him。 To   the   other   side   of   where 

Atlas   stands   he   went。   There   he   came   upon   the   nymphs   in   their   valley。 



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They   had   long   dwelt   there察  hidden   from   gods   and   men察  and   they   were 

startled   to   see   a   stranger   youth   come   into their hidden valley。 They  fled 

away。 Then the youth sat on the ground察his head bent like a man who is 

very sorrowful。 

     The youngest and the fairest of the nymphs came to him at last。 ;Why 

have   you   come察  and   why  do   you   sit   here   in   such   great   trouble察  youth拭─

said she。 And then she said此   What   is this   strange sickle´sword   that   you 

wear拭  Who   told   you   the   way   to   our   dwelling   place拭  What   name   have 

you拭─

     ;I have come here察─said the youth察and he took the bronze shield upon 

his knees and began to polish it察 I have come here because I want you察the 

nymphs who guard them察to give to me the cap of darkness and the shoes 

of   flight   and   the   magic   pouch。   I   must   gain   these   things察  without   them   I 

must   go   to   my   death。   Why   I   must   gain   them   you   will   know   from   my 

story。; 

     When he said that he had come for the three magic treasures that they 

guarded察the kind nymph   was   more startled than she and her sisters   had 

been startled by the appearance of the strange youth in their hidden valley。 

She turned away from him。 But she looked again and she saw that he was 

beautiful and brave looking。 He had spoken of his death。 The nymph stood 

looking at him pitifully察and the youth察with the bronze shield laid beside 

his knees and the strange hooked sword lying across it察told her his story。 

     ;I   am   Perseus察─  he   said察   and   my   grandfather察  men   say察  is   king   in 

Argos。 His name is Acrisius。 Before I was born a prophecy was made to 

him   that   the   son   of   Danae察  his   daughter察  would   slay   him。 Acrisius   was 

frightened by the prophecy察and when I was born he put my mother and 

myself into a chest察and he sent us adrift upon the waves of the sea。 

     ;I did not know what a terrible peril I was in察for I was an infant newly 

born。   My   mother   was   so   hopeless   that   she   came   near   to   death。   But   the 

wind   and   the   waves   did   not   destroy   us此  they   brought   us   to   a   shore察  a 

shepherd   found the   chest察 and he   opened   it   and   brought   my   mother   and 

myself     out   of  it  alive。  The    land   we    had   come    to   was   Seriphus。     The 

shepherd who found the chest and who rescued my mother and myself was 



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the brother of the king。 His name was Dictys。 

     ;In   the   shepherd's   wattled   house   my   mother   stayed   with   me察  a   little 

infant察  and   in   that   house   I   grew   from   babyhood   to   childhood察  and   from 

childhood   to   boyhood。   He   was   a   kind   man察  this   shepherd   Dictys。   His 

brother Polydectes had put him away from the palace察but Dictys did not 

grieve for that察for he was happy minding his sheep upon the hillside察and 

he was happy in his little but of wattles and clay。 

     ;Polydectes察the king察was seldom spoken to about his brother察and it 

was years before he knew of the mother and child who had been brought 

to live in Dictys's hut。 But at last he heard of us察for strange things began 

to be said about my motherhow she was beautiful察and how she looked 

like one who had been favored by the gods。 Then one day when he was 

hurting察Polydectes the king came to the but of Dictys the shepherd。 

     ;He saw Danae察my mother察there。 By her looks he knew that she was 

a king's daughter and one who had been favored by the gods。 He wanted 

her for his wife。 But my mother hated this harsh and overbearing king察and 

she    would     not  wed    with    him。   Often    he   came    storming     around    the 

shepherd's   hut察  and   at   last   my   mother   had   to   take   refuge   from   him  in   a 

temple。 There she became the priestess of the goddess。 

     ;I was taken to the palace of Polydectes察and there I was brought up。 

The king still stormed around where my mother was察more and more bent 

on making her marry him。 If she had not been in the temple where she was 

under   the   protection   of   the   goddess   he   would   have   wed   her   against   her 

will。 

     ;But I was growing up now察and I was able to give some protection to 

my   mother。   My   arm   was   a   strong   one察  and   Polydectes   knew   that   if   he 

wronged my mother in any way察I had the will and the power to be deadly 

to him。 One day I heard him say before his princes and his lords that he 

would wed察and would wed one who was not Danae察I was overjoyed to 

hear   him   say   this。   He   asked   the   lords   and   the   princes   to   come   to   the 

wedding feast察they declared they would察and they told him of the presents 

they would bring。 

     ;Then King Polydectes turned to me and he asked me to come to the 



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wedding feast。 I said I would come。 And then察because I was young and 

full of the boast of youth察and because the king was now ceasing to be a 

terror to me察I said that I would bring to his wedding feast the head of the 

Gorgon。 

     ;The king smiled when he heard me say this察but he smiled not as a 

good   man   smiles   when   he   hears   the   boast   of   youth。   He   smiled察  and   he 

turned to the princes and lords察and he said 'Perseus will come察and he will 

bring   a   greater   gift   than   any   of   you察  for   he   will   bring   the   head   of   her 

whose gaze turns living creatures into stone。' 

     ;When I heard the king speak so grimly about my boast the fearfulness 

of the thing I had spoken of doing came over me。 I thought for an instant 

that the Gorgon's head appeared before me察and that I was then and there 

turned into stone。 

     ;The day of the wedding feast

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