Chapter III

The Dragon's Teeth

Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix, the three sons of
King Agenor, and their little sister Europa, (who
Was a very beautiful child,) were at play togeth-
er, near the sea shore, in their father's kingdom
of Phoenicia. They had rambled to some dis-
tance from the palace where their parents dwelt,
and were now in a verdant meadow, on one side
of which lay the sea, all sparkling and dimpling
in the sunshine, and murmuring gently against
the beach. The three boys were very happy,
gathering flowers, and twining them into gar-
lands, with which they adorned the little Europa.
Seated on the grass, the child was almost hid-
den under an abundance of buds and blossoms,
whence her rosy face peeped merrily out, and, as
Cadmus said, was the prettiest of all the flowers.

Just then, there came a splendid butterfly,

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