希臘神話故事(純英文版) 節選

《床頭燈英語·3000詞讀物（純英文版）：希臘神話故事》：　　One night， after a few years in the village， Pan-dora woke up in the middle of the night and walked into the room where the box was. The moonlight was shining in through the window， and it made the box look bright and wonderful. The box itself was not fancy or special. It was just a common box with a large lock on the front. Pandora reached into her pocket and felt the key inside for she had kept the key there since Zeus had given it to her.The key felt warm in her hand and sent excitement through her body. Her curiosity grew and grew as she walked closer and closer to the box， but then　　she remembered Zeus' words and turned away.　　She got back into bed with Epimetheus， but was not able to sleep. She kept thinking a'oout the box and wondering what was inside. Finally， Pando-　　ra got up and went to the room where the box sat.She carried the box outside into the garden， dug a deep hole in the middle of a group of flowers， and placed the box inside. She looked down at it one last time before covering it with the earth. She then took several large stones and piled them on top of the hole. She was tired from her work and returned to bed to sleep with Epimetheus.　　As she slept， she had a dream about the box. In her dream， the box was bright and beautiful， and it softly whispered her name over and over again，"Pandora... Pandora..." it said. Then she took the key out of her pocket and carefully inserted it into the lock. As she turned the key， the box became even brighter and more beautiful. When she opened the top， she was amazed because the box was filled with the most beautiful jewels that she had ever seen! These were her gift from Zeus! But why wasn't she supposed to open it? With those jew-els， she and Epimetheus could live like a King and Queen!　　……