Myths That Every Child Should Know

Book Excerpt: oung men, who desired to do a braverthing than any of their fellows, set out in quest of this fruit. Many ofthem returned no more; none of them brought back the apples. No wonderthat they found it impossible to gather them! It is said that there wasa dragon beneath the tree, with a hundred terrible heads, fifty ofwhich were always on the watch, while the other fifty slept.In my opinion it was hardly worth running so much risk for the sake of asolid golden apple. Had the apples been sweet, mellow, and juicy, indeedthat would be another matter. There might then have been some sense intrying to get at them, in spite of the hundred-headed dragon.But, as I have already told you, it was quite a common thing with youngpersons, when tired of too much peace and rest, to go in search of thegarden of the Hesperides. And once the adventure was undertaken by ahero who had enjoyed very little peace or rest since he came into theworld. At the time of which I am going to speak, he was wanderingthrough thRead More