波西卡和丘比特之恋

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波西卡和丘比特之恋

Once，there was a young woman by the name of Psyche and she was extraordinarily beautiful. Her popularity and her fame grew and after a while，people came to say her beauty was too great for that of a mere mortal. She must in fact be a goddess，and they began to desert the temple of Aphrodite，Goddess of Beauty and Love. They actually began to worship Psyche. Now，Aphrodite was very jealous goddess and she grew very angry about Psyche. So she went to find her son，the god，Cupid. When this story took place，Cupid had grown into a very handsome young man，but still with the wings. Aphrodite asked Cupid to punish Psyche. Cupid flew down to the Earth. He found Psyche sleeping in her room. He drew an arrow from his quiver and fitted it to his bow，then he took one look at her but he was startled by her great beauty，and he found himself hopelessly in love with Psyche. He just couldn't bring himself to punish her in any way. So away he flew. This made Aphrodite even angrier with Psyche.

　　 Time went by and Psyche's father realized that his daughter was not like other mortals. So he went to see the oracle，an old woman through whom the god，Apollo，spoke words of wisdom and truth. And the old woman said，"syche is not like another mortal women and she will not marry a mortal husband. Her husband to be a m##被过滤##ter feared by both god and man. And he awaits her on the mountain top. "So the family brought Psyche to the top of a nearby mountain，and with tears in their eyes，they left her there. But shortly after her family left，a gentle breeze suddenly came up and lift her right off the mountain top and took her across the valleys and to another mountain where it set her gently down. Up ahead，she saw a grove of straight，tall，beautiful trees，and she went in that direction. At the end，there was a beautiful palace all of gold and ivory and jewels，something far too beautiful for a mere mortal. "My lady，Psyche，"Suddenly a voice said. "I'm one of the invisible servants of this place. And this place is for your joy. Your husband-to-be has set it here for you. And we will fulfill your every wish and desire. "So from then on Psyche began her new life. During the day，she would live in the palace of dreams and wishes. At night，a mysterious husband appeared to spend the night with her until the dawn. She never did see his face. But he was gentle and loving and fulfilled her every wish for a husband.

　　 However，once she asked him，"Why can I not see you？Why can I not see your features？"And he replied，"I'm a god，I'm afraid you will fear me rather than love me if you actually could see me. And therefore，I would prefer darkness only. "She accepted this. But as time went by，she grew lonely，and one night，she said to her husband，"I wish to see my sisters. My family must. . . must think that I'm dead by now. "He tried to argue her out of it. But，at least，as always，he said he would do as she wished.

　　 The next day，as Psyche's two sisters were walking，picking up some flowers，the gentle wind rose again and lifted the two of them and flew them off to Psyche's palace，where their sister was awaiting them. How joyous was that reunion。At the end of day，the sisters parted. But they had planted the seed of suspicion in Psyche's mind. That night，as her husband lay sleeping in the pitch black darkness of their room，she held the oil lamp high and approached their bed. It wasn't a fearsome m##被过滤##ter. In fact，it was a remarkably handsome young man with wings growing from his back. I'm sure you've guessed by now，it was Cupid him-self. So startled was Psyche at his appearance that she stumbled a bit and several drops of oil from the lamp spattered out on Cupid's chest and burned him and he awoke suddenly. When he saw her standing there，he knew at once what had happened. And he sprang for the window and stared her as he stood there. "You've lost me forever，Psyche. I must leave you forever now. Love can not live with mistrust. "

　　 Before she could speak，he spread his wings and flew off. A