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Once Upon a time there was a great Greek hero,Hercules. He was taller and stronger than anyone you have ever seen. On His shoulder he carried a club, and in his hand he held a bow. Instead of armour he wore a lion-skin and instead of a helmet he pulled the lion's head over own head. Hercules was a hero of a 100 adventures.
Hercules served a king. the king was afraid of him, So again and again he sent him on difficult errands.These errands are called the labours of Hercules, Because the king ordered him to do such hard and difficult had twelve labours, and this is the story of once Of them.
One morning the king sent Hercules.The king was so afraid of him that he never let him come into the place. Hercules stood by the gate,And the King stood on the wall with twenty soldiers on each side of him to keep him safe from the bow and the Club.
\The king said 'Fetch me there golden apples.'
'Where shall I find them?'Asked Hercules.
'In the garden of sinning Maidens.'
'Who are the sinning Maidens?'Asked Hercules 'They are sinning Nymphs,Young Girls,Who dance and sing round their apple tree. A Dragon guards the tree.'
'I am not afraid of dragons.' said Hercules,'But where is the garden of the sinning Maidens?'
'I do not know,no one knows,you have to find it.This is the hardest of labours.'answered the king.
So Hercules went away.He put on his lion-skin and started walking.He walked south.
Hercules walked all day and the next day and the next.He walked all week and the next week and the next; he walked for mounths. He walked past meadows and corn Fields,Through forests and open country,in deserts and waste places.When ever he met anyone he asked,
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