Long, long ago in Greece, there was a man named Orpheus, who played an excellent lyre. His music was so good that it soothed the savage beasts, and even the rocks and stones were moved. Orpheus and his lyre made everyone and everything really happy. And there was one person who made Orpheus really happy; her name was Eurydice.
Hades! Hades!O mighty Hades, I hate to trouble you, but I was just wondering if, um, er, well...Well, I was just wondering if, uh—if Eurydice could come back with me.
Yeah, yeah, what do you want?What, what, what? Spit it out!Oh, is that all. Why didn‘t you say so? NO!!! Now beat it, before I find you a place here, too.All right, all right! She can go with you! Just stop playing that awful happy music! Eurydice!! Wait! Just one more thing: she may not speak to you, and you may not look at her, until you are on the outside. If you do, the deal‘s off. Now, get out of my sight!
(In Eurydice's voice) Yes, dear! (Then his own voice) Ha! Fooled you!#160;Come on dearie, it‘s back to the resort.#160;
One day Eurydice was out frolicking in the woods when she was bitten by a snake. The snake died, but Eurydice died too. Hades came and took Eurydice away to the Underworld. When Orpheus heard the news, he was saddened by it so much that he hung up his lyre and stopped playing it.
There is the entrance! We're almost there . . . but if we're almost there, that's as good as being there. Right?Eurydice!!
Orpheus decided to go to the Underworld to get Eurydice back. After walking through a long tunnel, he found Charon, an eerie skeleton who ferried the dead across the river Styx. Orpheus then took out his lyre and began playing. Charon liked the music so much that he ferried Orpheus across the river.
So, Orpheus turned to get a look at Eurydice. Eurydice tried to dodge his gaze, but finally he saw her.
And although Orpheus continued to play his lyre for the rest of his life, all of his songs were tearjerkers; and he taught the rest of the world the sound of sadness.
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