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He wants to know who his father was.

His mother
tells him the story of his birth: that Zeus the He
wants to know who his father was. His mother tells
him the story of his birth: that Zeus the He wants to
know who his father was. His mother tells him the
story of his birth: that Zeus the He wants to know
who his father was. His mother tells him the story of
his birth: that Zeus the Throughout the story the
professors argue about how the story is told and
who should tell which bit but they do agree, finally,
on an appropriate ending.
Eventually they agree to start when Perseus was a
young man, living on an island with his hard-working
mother. He wants to know who his father was. His
mother tells him the story of his birth: that Zeus the
King of the Gods is his father and Eventually they
agree to start when Perseus was a young man, living
on an island with his hard-working mother. He wants
to know who his father was. His mother tells him the
story of his birth: that Zeus the King of the Gods is
his father and how her own Father, a King, had cast
her and Perseus as a baby into the sea in a wooden
chest, because it had been foretold that the Kings
grandson would one day harm him.
They land on another island where the cruel King of
the island, Polydectes, keeps asking Perseus' Mum to
marry him. Perseus doesn’t like this king, but does
like the king’s brother, a fisherman, because he is
kind and looks after him and his Mum. One day this
cruel King demands that Perseus attend his birthday
party and then makes fun of Perseus for being too
poor to give him a birthday present. Perseus says
he’ll get the king any present he wants. Polydectes
demands a Gorgon’s head. Gorgons have poisonous
snakes growing out of their heads and one glance of
their eyes turns you to stone. But the fisherman
helps Perseus train his body to be calm and listen
carefully to the world around him in order to help
him defeat a Gorgon.
Perseus sets out on his journey to find the Gorgons
His brother Hermes, who is a God, gives him a
special sickle-sword sent from Zeus, a shield as
shiny as a mirror from the Goddess Athena, his
sister, and a pair of winged sandals so he can fly –
all to help him on his quest to win a Gorgon's head.
First he has to find the Graeae, three very grumpy
old women, to persuade them to tell him the right
way to go. He has to trick them make them help
him. They tell him where to find the Hesperides,
three incredibly beautiful women, who give him a
special bag to put the Gorgon’s head in so the
snakes won’t bite him and the eyes won’t turn him
to stone. The Hesperides also give him a special cap
that can make him invisible.
Finally, he travels through storms to the Gorgons'
Island. There are three Gorgons and they’re all
asleep. Using his cap of invisibility Perseus finds out
which Gorgon is called Medusa as she is the only
Gorgon that can be killed. Using his shield like a
mirror, he watches her reflection carefully to see
where she is without her eyes turning him to stone
and finally, using the calm the fisherman has taught
him, he wins the head of Medusa, the snake-haired
Gorgon.
The helpful Hesperides have one final task for
Perseus which is to help their father Atlas hold up
the sky forever. Perseus does this by using the
Gorgon’s head to turn him to stone.
As Perseus flies back home to give the Gorgon's
head to the cruel king Polydectes, he notices a
beautiful young woman chained to rocks below. Her
name is Andromeda and she has been put in chains
to wait for a sea-dragon to come and eat her up.
Perseus uses his cap of invisibility and the Gorgon’s
head to defeat the sea-dragon and to save
Andromeda. They both fly back to the cruel King
where Perseus turns him to stone too. His mother
marries the kind fisherman. And Perseus and
Andromeda fly off to start a wonderful and kind
kingdom of their own.
Throughout the story the professors argue about
how the story is told and who should tell which bit
but they do agree, finally, on an appropriate ending.
Eventually they agree to start when Perseus was a
young man, living on an island with his hard-working
mother. He wants to know who his father was. His
mother tells him the story of his birth: that Zeus the
King of the Gods is his father and how her own
Father, a King, had cast her and Perseus as a baby
into the sea in a wooden chest, because it had been
foretold that the Kings grandson would one day
harm him.
They land on another island where the cruel King of
the island, Polydectes, keeps asking Perseus' Mum to
marry him. Perseus doesn’t like this king, but does
like the king’s brother, a fisherman, because he is
kind and looks after him and his Mum. One day this
cruel King demands that Perseus attend his birthday
party and then makes fun of Perseus for being too
poor to give him a birthday present. Perseus says
he’ll get the king any present he wants. Polydectes
demands a Gorgon’s head. Gorgons have poisonous
snakes growing out of their heads and one glance of
their eyes turns you to stone. But the fisherman
helps Perseus train his body to be calm and listen
carefully to the world around him in order to help
him defeat a Gorgon.
Perseus sets out on his journey to find the Gorgons
His brother Hermes, who is a God, gives him a
special sickle-sword sent from Zeus, a shield as
shiny as a mirror from the Goddess Athena, his
sister, and a pair of winged sandals so he can fly –
all to help him on his quest to win a Gorgon's head.
First he has to find the Graeae, three very grumpy
old women, to persuade them to tell him the right
way to go. He has to trick them make them help
him. They tell him where to find the Hesperides,
three incredibly beautiful women, who give him a
special bag to put the Gorgon’s head in so the
snakes won’t bite him and the eyes won’t turn him
to stone. The Hesperides also give him a special cap
that can make him invisible.
Finally, he travels through storms to the Gorgons'
Island. There are three Gorgons and they’re all
asleep. Using his cap of invisibility Perseus finds out
which Gorgon is called Medusa as she is the only
Gorgon that can be killed. Using his shield like a
mirror, he watches her reflection carefully to see
where she is without her eyes turning him to stone
and finally, using the calm the fisherman has taught
him, he wins the head of Medusa, the snake-haired
Gorgon.
The helpful Hesperides have one final task for
Perseus which is to help their father Atlas hold up
the sky forever. Perseus does this by using the
Gorgon’s head to turn him to stone.
As Perseus flies back home to give the Gorgon's
head to the cruel king Polydectes, he notices a
beautiful young woman chained to rocks below. Her
name is Andromeda and she has been put in chains
to wait for a sea-dragon to come and eat her up.
Perseus uses his cap of invisibility and the Gorgon’s
head to defeat the sea-dragon and to save
Andromeda. They both fly back to the cruel King
where Perseus turns him to stone too. His mother
marries the kind fisherman. And Perseus and
Andromeda fly off to start a wonderful and kind
kingdom of their own.
Throughout the story the professors argue about
how the story is told and who should tell which bit
but they do agree, finally, on an appropriate ending.
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There's a dozen reasons in this gunAs lead rains will pass on through
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Know how much I want to show you
You're the only one
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There's a dozen reasons in this gunAs lead rains will pass on through
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You're the only one
Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gunAs lead rains will pass on through
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Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
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Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

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I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

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Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
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There's a dozen reasons in this gun

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Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
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There's a dozen reasons in this gun
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As lead rains will pass on through


Our phantoms forever, forever
Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
You're the only one
Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

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I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

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As lead rains will pass on through


Our phantoms forever, forever
Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
You're the only one
Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood


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And in this pool of blood, and as we're falling down
I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this


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As lead rains will pass on through


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Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
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As lead rains will pass on through


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Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
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Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

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I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

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As lead rains will pass on through


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Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
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Like a bed of roses
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I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

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As lead rains will pass on through


Our phantoms forever, forever
Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
You're the only one
Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood


And as we're touching hands, and as we're falling down
And in this pool of blood, and as we're falling down
I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this


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All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this

As lead rains will pass on through


Our phantoms forever, forever
Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
You're the only one
Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood


And as we're touching hands, and as we're falling down
And in this pool of blood, and as we're falling down
I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this


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All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this

As lead rains will pass on through


Our phantoms forever, forever
Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
You're the only one
Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood


And as we're touching hands, and as we're falling down
And in this pool of blood, and as we're falling down
I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this


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As lead rains will pass on through


Our phantoms forever, forever
Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
You're the only one
Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood


And as we're touching hands, and as we're falling down
And in this pool of blood, and as we're falling down
I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of bloodUntil the end of every

All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this


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All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this
As lead rains will pass on through
Our phantoms forever, forever
Like scarecrows that fuel this flame
We're burning forever and ever
Know how much I want to show you
You're the only one
Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood


And as we're touching hands, and as we're falling down
And in this pool of blood, and as we're falling down
I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of blood how much I want to show you
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Like a bed of roses
There's a dozen reasons in this gun

And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood


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