Page 24 - Storytime - Issue 32 (April 2017)

The goddess Athena came to him in When he arrived, Bellerophon knew
his dreams, just as Polyidus had said. at once that this was a magical place.

The grass was lusher and greener than
“Brave hero,” she said. “This will lure
any he had ever seen before. Around
the winged wonder that you so long
the fountain, there was a carpet of
for.” And she held out a spectacular
sweet-scented wild flowers in every
bridle made from pure gold, and
colour of the rainbow, and the water
adorned with exquisite embroidery.
itself sparkled like a million crystals.

When Bellerophon woke at dawn,
Bellerophon found a good hiding place
he was astonished to find the golden
and waited for Pegasus. Several days
bridle by his side – it was no dream;
and nights passed, with the hero often
Athena really had visited him! Filled
mistaking a rustle of leaves for a rush
with confidence, he set off to find the
of wings or the splash of the fountain
famed fountain of Mount Helicon,
for the sound of a hoof. But he didn’t
hoping that Pegasus would be there.
give up. He was patient.

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