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Ian s concepts and ideas, and she brought an exhilarat-ingly fresh viewpoint to the telling of any story He'd read parts of the Bible to her, soy, and several fairy tales by the Grimm brothers The romantic poets were her favorites, and always she wanted more

"There is the story of Pandora-this parallels in some ways the biblical tale of Adaods The story is that Jupiterfire from Heaven"

"The first woman was made to punish man?"

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He knew she would pick up on that "She wasto make her perfect Then she was sent to earth, and Epih he arned to beware of Jupiter bearing gifts Epimetheus had in his home a very special jar which held all the ills of the world-"

"He should have thrown this jar away"

Ian stifled a smile "Pandora was curious" Ian looked at Selena "Curious is what makes a woman follow the sound of a wild aniht Anyway, Pandora snuck down one night and opened the jar, releasing all the evil into the world She closed the lid quickly, but not quickly enough Only hope was left inside"

Selena rolled onto her sto down at Ian with a frown "She released all the evils onto the world and gave them no hope?"

"That

's the myth"

She thought about that for a ed in the brain I do not like this story"

"The other interpretation is that Pandora was sent in good faith by Jupiter, carrying a box in which each god had placed a blessing Thoughtlessly she opened the box and all the blessings escaped All except hope"

She smiled "This is sensible Who would put hope-it is so precious-in a box full of evil?" She nodded "Yes, Pandora was made to help man, not to punish him"

He reached up, sled lock of hair fro he'd done to a htly

Little things, a touch, a smile, they meant so much to her