June 9, 2025 • 23 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, This is Stefano over at Positive Affirmations and Audio Stories,
bringing you happy thoughts, inspiration, motivation and entertainment to start
your day. We use the power of positive words to
help you live the positive, uplifting lifestyle that you deserve. Today,
(00:23):
we've got another sleep story. It's a Greek mythology tale.
It's called Pegasus the Winged Horse. This is part two.
When we last left Pegasus and Bellerophon, they were on
their way to fight the terrible chimera and save the
(00:46):
king's kingdom. Now they are on their way, and this
is part two and the ending of the story. Today
we are to fight the terrible Chimera. As soon as
they had eaten their morning meal and drank some sparkling
(01:08):
mortar from a spring called Hippocrine, Pegasus held out his
head of his own accord so that his master might
put on the bridle. Then, with a great many playful leaps,
he showed his impatience to be gone, while Bellerophon was
putting on his sword and hanging his shield about his
(01:29):
neck and preparing for battle. When everything was ready, the
rider mounted, and, as was his custom when going a
long distance, ascended five miles straight up so as the
better to see where he was directing his course. He
(01:50):
then turned the head of Pegasus toward the east and
set out for Lycia. In their flight, they overtook an
eagle and came so near him before he could get
out of their way that Bellerophon might easily have caught him.
(02:10):
Hastening onward. At this rate, it was still early in
the morning when they saw the lofty mountains of Lycia,
with their deep and shaggy valleys. If Bellerophon had been
told truly, it was in one of these dismal valleys
(02:32):
that the Kimera had taken up its abode. Being now
so near their journey's end, the winged horse gradually descended
with his rider, and they took advantage of some clouds
that were floating over the mountaintops in order to conceal themselves.
(02:53):
Hovering on the upper surface of a cloud and peering
over its edge, beller Vaan had a pretty clear view
of the mountainous part of Lycia, and could look into
all its shadowy vales corners at once. At first, there
(03:15):
appeared to be nothing remarkable. It was a wild, savage
and rocky area of high and dangerous looking hills. In
the more level parts of the country, there were ruins
of houses that had been burned. The Kimara must have
done this mischief, thought Bellerophon. But where could the monster be,
(03:40):
As if already said, there was nothing remarkable to be
seen at first sight in any of the valleys that
lay among the heights of the mountains, nothing at all, unless,
indeed it were three spires of black smoke, which came
(04:02):
from what seemed to be the mouth of a cave,
and climbed darkly into the atmosphere. Before reaching the mountaintop,
these three smoke wreaths mingled themselves into one. The cavern
(04:25):
was almost directly beneath the winged horse and his rider,
at a distance of about one thousand feet. The smoke,
as it crept heavily upward, had an ugly, stifling, stinky scent,
which caused Pegasus to snort, and Bella were fond to sneeze.
(04:47):
So disagreeable was it to the marvelous deed, who was
accustomed to breathing only the purest air, that he waved
his wings and shot half a mile out of the
range of this offensive smell. But on looking behind him,
Bellerophon saw something that introduced him induced him first to
(05:21):
draw the bridle, and then to turn Pegasus about. He
made a sign, which the winged horse understood and sunk
slowly through the air until his hoofs were scarcely more
than the man's side. Above the rocky bottom of the valley.
(05:42):
In the front, as far off as you could throw
a stone, was the cave's mouth, with three smoke reads
oozing out of it. And what else did Bellerophon say? There?
There's seemed to be a heap of strange and terrible
(06:03):
creatures curled up within the cave. Their bodies lay so
close together that Bellerophon could not distinguish him apart. But
judging by their heads, one of these creatures was a
huge snake, the second a fierce lion, and the third
a goat. The lion and the goat were asleep, but
(06:26):
the snake was wide awake and kept staring around him
with a great pair of fiery eyes. But this was
the most wonderful part of the matter. The three spires
of smoke evidently issued from the nose of these three heads.
(06:47):
So strange was the spectacle that, though Bellerophon had been
all along expecting it, the truth did not immediately occur
to him that here was the three headache chimara. He
had found the Kimera's cave. The snake, the lion, and
(07:08):
the goat, as he supposed them to be, were not
three separate creatures, but one all at once. Bellerophon started jumped,
as if from a dream, and knew it to be
the Chimera. Pegasus seemed to know it at the same instance,
(07:31):
and sent forth a neigh that sounded like the call
of a trumpet to battle. At this sound, the three
had se reared themselves erect and belched out great flashes
of flame. Before Bellerophon had time to consider what to
do next, the monster flung itself out of the cavern,
(07:53):
out of the cave, and sprang straight toward him, with
his claws extended and his nikki tail twisting himself behind.
If Pegasus had not been as nimble as a bird,
both he and his rider would have been overthrown by
the chamarra's headlong rush, and thus the battle had been
(08:16):
ended before it was well begun. But the winged horse
was not to be caught, so in the twinkling of
an eye he was up and aloft half way to
the clouds and snorting with anger. He shuddered too, not
with fright, but with utter disgust at the grossness of
(08:42):
this thing with three heads. The chamaro, on the other hand,
raised itself up so as to stand absolutely on the
tip end of its tail, with his claws pawing fiercely
in the air, and his three heads sputtering at Pegasus
and his rider. My how it roared. Bellerophon, meanwhile, was
(09:09):
putting on his shield, onto his arm and drawing his sword. Now,
my beloved Pegasus, he whispered in the winged horse's ear,
thou must help me to slay this monster, or thy
shalt fly back to thy solitary mountain. Peek without thy, friend, Belleraphun,
(09:35):
for either the camaradise or these three mouths shall get me.
Pegasus whinnied, and, turning back his head, rubbed his nose
tenderly against his rider's cheek. It was his way of
telling him that though he had wings and was an immortal,
(10:01):
he would perish if it were possible for immortality to perish,
rather than leave Bellerophon behind. I thank you, Pegasus, answered Belleraphun. Now,
then let us make a dash at the monster. Uttering
these words, he shook the bridle, and Pegasus started down
(10:22):
as swift as the flight of an arrow right towards
the kamera's three heads, which all this time was poking
itself as high as it couldn't do the air. As
he came within arm's length, Belleraphun tried to take a blow,
(10:44):
but before he could see whether it had been successful,
Pegasus continued his course, but soon wheeled around at about
the same distance from the kimera as before. Bellaafun then
perceived he had knocked the goat's head, but the other two,
(11:06):
the snake and the lion, were very angry, and they
roared and hissed. Never mind, my brave Pegasus, cried Bellerophon,
with another stroke like that, we will either stop its
hearsing or it's roaring, the snake or the lion, And
(11:29):
again he shook the bridle. Dashing as before, the winged
horse made another arrow flight toward the kimera, and Bellerophon
aimed another downward stroke at one of the heads, but
this time neither he nor Pegasus escaped so well as
the first. With one of his claws, the kamer had
(11:53):
given the young man a scratch in his shoulder, and
it slightly damaged the left wing of the flying steed.
With the other on his part, bellaware fun had struck
the lion in his head. The snake, however, the only
(12:15):
one left, was twice as angry as before. It belched
forth shoots of fire, so loud that King Iobates heard
them fifty miles off, and trembled till the throne shook
under him, who well thought the poor king the Chimeror
(12:40):
certainly coming to devour me. Meanwhile, Pegasus had again paused
in the air and neighed angrily, while sparks of a
pure crystal flame darted out of his eyes. How unlike
the fire of the Kamara, the steed's spirit was all aroused,
(13:06):
and so was that of Bellerophon. Dost thoup blade, My
immortal horse, cried the young man, caring less for his
own hurt than for the anguish of this gorgeous creature,
which never ought, never to have tasted pain. The Chimara
(13:32):
shall pay for this mischief with his last head. Then
he shook the bridle, shouted loudly, and guided Pegasus straight
at the monster. So rabbit was the onset, it seemed
but a dazzle and a flush before Bellerophon was at
(13:53):
close grips with his enemy. The Kimera, by this time,
having one head, had got into a red hot passion
of rage. It flounced about, half on earth and partly
in the error. It was impossible to say which element
it rested upon. It opened his jaws to such a
(14:18):
whisk that Pegasus might almost, I was going to say, almost,
have flown right down his throat, wings outspread, rider and all.
At their approach. He shot out a tremendous blast of
fiery breath and enveloped Bellerophon and his steed in a
(14:41):
perfect atmosphere of flame, singing the wings of Pegasus and
scorching off one whole side of the young man's golden
curls and making them far hotter than was comfortable from
head to foot. But that was nothing to what followed.
(15:02):
When the airy rush of the winged horse had brought
him within the distance of one hundred yards, the Chimera
gave a spring and flung his huge, yucky carcass right
on poor Pegasus the horse's back, and clung to the
horse with all his might. Up flew the aerial steed higher, higher, higher, above,
(15:29):
the mountain peaks above the clouds and almost out of
sight of the solid earth. But still the earth born
monster kept its hold and was carried upward along with
the creature of light and air. Bellerophon, meanwhile, turning about
(15:50):
whilst on Pegas's back, found himself face to face with
the ugly Chimaru's face. Holding up his shield to protect
himself from the fire, he looked sternly into the savage
eyes of the monster. But the Kimera was so mad
(16:15):
and wild it didn't guard itself as well as it
might have done. Ordinarily. Maybe the best way to fight
the Kimera is by getting as close to it as
you can. In its own efforts to stick its claws
into its enemy, it left himself exposed. The Bellerophon thrust
(16:40):
his sword, the monster let go, and thell down, down, down,
down down. Many people thought that was a shooting star
or a comet. But in the early sunrise, some cottage
people going about their labor saw to their astonishment that
(17:04):
several acres of ground were strown with black ashes. And
then nothing else was ever seen of the dreadful Chimera.
And when Bellerophon had won the victory, he bent forward
(17:25):
and kissed Pegasus while the tears stood in his eyes.
Back now, my beloved steed, said he back to the
fountain of Terrain. Pegasus skimmed through the air quicker than
ever he did before, and reached the fountain in a
very short time. There he found the old man leaning
(17:50):
on his staff, and the country fell watering his cow,
and the pretty maiden feeling her pitcher. I remember, now,
said the old man. I saw this winged horse once before,
when I was quite a lad, but he was ten
(18:12):
times handsomer in those days. I own a cart horse
worth three of him, said the country fellow. If this
pony were mine, the first thing I should do would
be to clip his wings. But the poor maiden she
(18:33):
said nothing, for she always had the luck to be
afraid at the wrong time. So she ran away and
let her pitcher tumble down and broke it. Where is
the gentle child, asked Bellerophon, who used to keep me
(18:54):
company and never lost his faith, and never was weary
of looking into the fountain? Here am I, dear, Bellerophon,
said the child softly, For the little boy had spent
day after day on the margin of pirrain, waiting for
(19:16):
his friend to come back, But when he perceived Bellerophon
descending through the clouds mounted on the winged horse, he
had shrunk back into the shrubbery. He was a delicate
and tender child, and dreaded lest the old man and
the country fellow should see the tears gushing from his eyes.
(19:41):
Thou hast won the victory, said he, joyfully, running to
the knee of Bellerafhon, who still sat on the back
of Pegasus. I know thou wouldest, yes, dear child, replied Bellerophon,
alighting from the winged horse. But if thy faith had
no not help me, I should never have waited for Pegasus,
(20:05):
and never have gone up above the clouds, and never
have conquered the terrible Chimarra. Thou, my beloved little friend,
hast done it all, and now let us give Pegasus's liberty,
his freedom. So he slipped off the enchanted bridle from
(20:31):
the head of the marvelous steed. Be free for evermore,
my Pegasus, cried he, with a shade of sadness in
his tone. Be free, as thou art fleet and vast.
But Pegasus rested his head on Bellerophon's shoulder and would
(20:54):
not be persuaded to take flight well, then said Bellerophon,
caressing the airy horse, thou shalt be with me as
long as thou wilt, and we will go together forthwith
and tell King Iobatus that the Chimara is destroyed. Then
(21:21):
bellwarfhon embraced the gentle child and promised to come to
him again, and departed. But in later years that child
took higher flights upon the aerial steed than ever did Bellerophon,
and achieve more honorable deeds than his friend's victory over
(21:45):
the Chimarah. For a gentle and tender as he was,
he grew to be a mighty poet. And that's the
end of our story about Pegas's the wing it Horse.
(22:07):
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terrible Kimara and bring freedom to the king and his
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Hi, This is Stefano over at Positive Affirmations and Audio Stories,
bringing you happy thoughts, inspiration, motivation and entertainment to start
your day. We use the power of positive words to
help you live the positive, uplifting lifestyle that you deserve. Today,
(00:23):
we've got another sleep story. It's a Greek mythology tale.
It's called Pegasus the Winged Horse. This is part two.
When we last left Pegasus and Bellerophon, they were on
their way to fight the terrible chimera and save the
(00:46):
king's kingdom. Now they are on their way, and this
is part two and the ending of the story. Today
we are to fight the terrible Chimera. As soon as
they had eaten their morning meal and drank some sparkling
(01:08):
mortar from a spring called Hippocrine, Pegasus held out his
head of his own accord so that his master might
put on the bridle. Then, with a great many playful leaps,
he showed his impatience to be gone, while Bellerophon was
putting on his sword and hanging his shield about his
(01:29):
neck and preparing for battle. When everything was ready, the
rider mounted, and, as was his custom when going a
long distance, ascended five miles straight up so as the
better to see where he was directing his course. He
(01:50):
then turned the head of Pegasus toward the east and
set out for Lycia. In their flight, they overtook an
eagle and came so near him before he could get
out of their way that Bellerophon might easily have caught him.
(02:10):
Hastening onward. At this rate, it was still early in
the morning when they saw the lofty mountains of Lycia,
with their deep and shaggy valleys. If Bellerophon had been
told truly, it was in one of these dismal valleys
(02:32):
that the Kimera had taken up its abode. Being now
so near their journey's end, the winged horse gradually descended
with his rider, and they took advantage of some clouds
that were floating over the mountaintops in order to conceal themselves.
(02:53):
Hovering on the upper surface of a cloud and peering
over its edge, beller Vaan had a pretty clear view
of the mountainous part of Lycia, and could look into
all its shadowy vales corners at once. At first, there
(03:15):
appeared to be nothing remarkable. It was a wild, savage
and rocky area of high and dangerous looking hills. In
the more level parts of the country, there were ruins
of houses that had been burned. The Kimara must have
done this mischief, thought Bellerophon. But where could the monster be,
(03:40):
As if already said, there was nothing remarkable to be
seen at first sight in any of the valleys that
lay among the heights of the mountains, nothing at all, unless,
indeed it were three spires of black smoke, which came
(04:02):
from what seemed to be the mouth of a cave,
and climbed darkly into the atmosphere. Before reaching the mountaintop,
these three smoke wreaths mingled themselves into one. The cavern
(04:25):
was almost directly beneath the winged horse and his rider,
at a distance of about one thousand feet. The smoke,
as it crept heavily upward, had an ugly, stifling, stinky scent,
which caused Pegasus to snort, and Bella were fond to sneeze.
(04:47):
So disagreeable was it to the marvelous deed, who was
accustomed to breathing only the purest air, that he waved
his wings and shot half a mile out of the
range of this offensive smell. But on looking behind him,
Bellerophon saw something that introduced him induced him first to
(05:21):
draw the bridle, and then to turn Pegasus about. He
made a sign, which the winged horse understood and sunk
slowly through the air until his hoofs were scarcely more
than the man's side. Above the rocky bottom of the valley.
(05:42):
In the front, as far off as you could throw
a stone, was the cave's mouth, with three smoke reads
oozing out of it. And what else did Bellerophon say? There?
There's seemed to be a heap of strange and terrible
(06:03):
creatures curled up within the cave. Their bodies lay so
close together that Bellerophon could not distinguish him apart. But
judging by their heads, one of these creatures was a
huge snake, the second a fierce lion, and the third
a goat. The lion and the goat were asleep, but
(06:26):
the snake was wide awake and kept staring around him
with a great pair of fiery eyes. But this was
the most wonderful part of the matter. The three spires
of smoke evidently issued from the nose of these three heads.
(06:47):
So strange was the spectacle that, though Bellerophon had been
all along expecting it, the truth did not immediately occur
to him that here was the three headache chimara. He
had found the Kimera's cave. The snake, the lion, and
(07:08):
the goat, as he supposed them to be, were not
three separate creatures, but one all at once. Bellerophon started jumped,
as if from a dream, and knew it to be
the Chimera. Pegasus seemed to know it at the same instance,
(07:31):
and sent forth a neigh that sounded like the call
of a trumpet to battle. At this sound, the three
had se reared themselves erect and belched out great flashes
of flame. Before Bellerophon had time to consider what to
do next, the monster flung itself out of the cavern,
(07:53):
out of the cave, and sprang straight toward him, with
his claws extended and his nikki tail twisting himself behind.
If Pegasus had not been as nimble as a bird,
both he and his rider would have been overthrown by
the chamarra's headlong rush, and thus the battle had been
(08:16):
ended before it was well begun. But the winged horse
was not to be caught, so in the twinkling of
an eye he was up and aloft half way to
the clouds and snorting with anger. He shuddered too, not
with fright, but with utter disgust at the grossness of
(08:42):
this thing with three heads. The chamaro, on the other hand,
raised itself up so as to stand absolutely on the
tip end of its tail, with his claws pawing fiercely
in the air, and his three heads sputtering at Pegasus
and his rider. My how it roared. Bellerophon, meanwhile, was
(09:09):
putting on his shield, onto his arm and drawing his sword. Now,
my beloved Pegasus, he whispered in the winged horse's ear,
thou must help me to slay this monster, or thy
shalt fly back to thy solitary mountain. Peek without thy, friend, Belleraphun,
(09:35):
for either the camaradise or these three mouths shall get me.
Pegasus whinnied, and, turning back his head, rubbed his nose
tenderly against his rider's cheek. It was his way of
telling him that though he had wings and was an immortal,
(10:01):
he would perish if it were possible for immortality to perish,
rather than leave Bellerophon behind. I thank you, Pegasus, answered Belleraphun. Now,
then let us make a dash at the monster. Uttering
these words, he shook the bridle, and Pegasus started down
(10:22):
as swift as the flight of an arrow right towards
the kamera's three heads, which all this time was poking
itself as high as it couldn't do the air. As
he came within arm's length, Belleraphun tried to take a blow,
(10:44):
but before he could see whether it had been successful,
Pegasus continued his course, but soon wheeled around at about
the same distance from the kimera as before. Bellaafun then
perceived he had knocked the goat's head, but the other two,
(11:06):
the snake and the lion, were very angry, and they
roared and hissed. Never mind, my brave Pegasus, cried Bellerophon,
with another stroke like that, we will either stop its
hearsing or it's roaring, the snake or the lion, And
(11:29):
again he shook the bridle. Dashing as before, the winged
horse made another arrow flight toward the kimera, and Bellerophon
aimed another downward stroke at one of the heads, but
this time neither he nor Pegasus escaped so well as
the first. With one of his claws, the kamer had
(11:53):
given the young man a scratch in his shoulder, and
it slightly damaged the left wing of the flying steed.
With the other on his part, bellaware fun had struck
the lion in his head. The snake, however, the only
(12:15):
one left, was twice as angry as before. It belched
forth shoots of fire, so loud that King Iobates heard
them fifty miles off, and trembled till the throne shook
under him, who well thought the poor king the Chimeror
(12:40):
certainly coming to devour me. Meanwhile, Pegasus had again paused
in the air and neighed angrily, while sparks of a
pure crystal flame darted out of his eyes. How unlike
the fire of the Kamara, the steed's spirit was all aroused,
(13:06):
and so was that of Bellerophon. Dost thoup blade, My
immortal horse, cried the young man, caring less for his
own hurt than for the anguish of this gorgeous creature,
which never ought, never to have tasted pain. The Chimara
(13:32):
shall pay for this mischief with his last head. Then
he shook the bridle, shouted loudly, and guided Pegasus straight
at the monster. So rabbit was the onset, it seemed
but a dazzle and a flush before Bellerophon was at
(13:53):
close grips with his enemy. The Kimera, by this time,
having one head, had got into a red hot passion
of rage. It flounced about, half on earth and partly
in the error. It was impossible to say which element
it rested upon. It opened his jaws to such a
(14:18):
whisk that Pegasus might almost, I was going to say, almost,
have flown right down his throat, wings outspread, rider and all.
At their approach. He shot out a tremendous blast of
fiery breath and enveloped Bellerophon and his steed in a
(14:41):
perfect atmosphere of flame, singing the wings of Pegasus and
scorching off one whole side of the young man's golden
curls and making them far hotter than was comfortable from
head to foot. But that was nothing to what followed.
(15:02):
When the airy rush of the winged horse had brought
him within the distance of one hundred yards, the Chimera
gave a spring and flung his huge, yucky carcass right
on poor Pegasus the horse's back, and clung to the
horse with all his might. Up flew the aerial steed higher, higher, higher, above,
(15:29):
the mountain peaks above the clouds and almost out of
sight of the solid earth. But still the earth born
monster kept its hold and was carried upward along with
the creature of light and air. Bellerophon, meanwhile, turning about
(15:50):
whilst on Pegas's back, found himself face to face with
the ugly Chimaru's face. Holding up his shield to protect
himself from the fire, he looked sternly into the savage
eyes of the monster. But the Kimera was so mad
(16:15):
and wild it didn't guard itself as well as it
might have done. Ordinarily. Maybe the best way to fight
the Kimera is by getting as close to it as
you can. In its own efforts to stick its claws
into its enemy, it left himself exposed. The Bellerophon thrust
(16:40):
his sword, the monster let go, and thell down, down, down,
down down. Many people thought that was a shooting star
or a comet. But in the early sunrise, some cottage
people going about their labor saw to their astonishment that
(17:04):
several acres of ground were strown with black ashes. And
then nothing else was ever seen of the dreadful Chimera.
And when Bellerophon had won the victory, he bent forward
(17:25):
and kissed Pegasus while the tears stood in his eyes.
Back now, my beloved steed, said he back to the
fountain of Terrain. Pegasus skimmed through the air quicker than
ever he did before, and reached the fountain in a
very short time. There he found the old man leaning
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on his staff, and the country fell watering his cow,
and the pretty maiden feeling her pitcher. I remember, now,
said the old man. I saw this winged horse once before,
when I was quite a lad, but he was ten
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times handsomer in those days. I own a cart horse
worth three of him, said the country fellow. If this
pony were mine, the first thing I should do would
be to clip his wings. But the poor maiden she
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said nothing, for she always had the luck to be
afraid at the wrong time. So she ran away and
let her pitcher tumble down and broke it. Where is
the gentle child, asked Bellerophon, who used to keep me
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company and never lost his faith, and never was weary
of looking into the fountain? Here am I, dear, Bellerophon,
said the child softly, For the little boy had spent
day after day on the margin of pirrain, waiting for
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his friend to come back, But when he perceived Bellerophon
descending through the clouds mounted on the winged horse, he
had shrunk back into the shrubbery. He was a delicate
and tender child, and dreaded lest the old man and
the country fellow should see the tears gushing from his eyes.
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Thou hast won the victory, said he, joyfully, running to
the knee of Bellerafhon, who still sat on the back
of Pegasus. I know thou wouldest, yes, dear child, replied Bellerophon,
alighting from the winged horse. But if thy faith had
no not help me, I should never have waited for Pegasus,
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and never have gone up above the clouds, and never
have conquered the terrible Chimarra. Thou, my beloved little friend,
hast done it all, and now let us give Pegasus's liberty,
his freedom. So he slipped off the enchanted bridle from
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the head of the marvelous steed. Be free for evermore,
my Pegasus, cried he, with a shade of sadness in
his tone. Be free, as thou art fleet and vast.
But Pegasus rested his head on Bellerophon's shoulder and would
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not be persuaded to take flight well, then said Bellerophon,
caressing the airy horse, thou shalt be with me as
long as thou wilt, and we will go together forthwith
and tell King Iobatus that the Chimara is destroyed. Then
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bellwarfhon embraced the gentle child and promised to come to
him again, and departed. But in later years that child
took higher flights upon the aerial steed than ever did Bellerophon,
and achieve more honorable deeds than his friend's victory over
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the Chimarah. For a gentle and tender as he was,
he grew to be a mighty poet. And that's the
end of our story about Pegas's the wing it Horse.
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Together with Pegas's bellaer fun was able to overcome the
terrible Kimara and bring freedom to the king and his
court and the people of the land. That's it for now,
and feel free to share this podcast with the family,
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with the friends, with everybody. And if you need a
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