s, and dropping the reins in his fright, he clungdesperately to the chariot. The horses plunged wildly on. They came so nearto the earth that the oceans and rivers dried up, themountains began to smoke, and the people cried toZeus for help. When Zeus saw what had been so foolishly done, he \j… … POPLAR-TREES. A sad ending was this to Phaethons great day. But,sadder still, two maidens who were standing on thebank of the river, saw in the boy-comet their brother 28 STORIES OF OLD GREECE. Phaethon. They could not help him ; they could onlystand and weep, and they wept so long that their…
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