Pandora's box. Tales of mythology for children
We like to transmit values to our children and to learn history in a fun way. That is why in Guiainfantil we are adapting Greek mythology in the form of short stories so that children can enjoy it to the fullest. Pandora had a beautiful box that the gods had given her. But the box could not be ope
We like to transmit values to our children and to learn history in a fun way. That is why in Guiainfantil we are adapting Greek mythology in the form of short stories so that children can enjoy it to the fullest.
Pandora had a beautiful box that the gods had given her. But the box could not be opened because it would cause many misfortunes to the people. What did Pandora do with the box? We also want to know what was inside the box.
What's inside the Pandora's box
Once the father of the gods, Zeus, came down from Olympus to the earth to visit the people. At that time people lived happily, without work, without duties and without worrying about making food and Zeus wanted to see how obedient people were. He went to the home of a young woman named Pandora and gave her a beautiful wooden box decorated with precious stones and that shone a lot.
- I give you this box, Pandora, so you can put it in your room, -dijo Zeus said. AndPandora
thanked her for having such a beautiful box. He took the box and placed it on the bedside table, so the precious stones gave him some light at night. But Zeus warned Pandora . -Pandora
, you can not open the box. Never open this box because it contains many misfortunes for people, understood? - said Zeus. - Understood- saidPandora
-I will never open the precious box. So Zeus
went back to Olympus and there Pandora se stayed in her room very happy for her new gift. Pandora had many virtues and was very curious, I always wanted to know more. However, he was not exactly obedient. And that would cause more of a dislike. When night came Pandora lay down, got into her bed and then saw how the precious stones in the box shone in the dark. He began to think what would be inside the box, but he remembered that
Zeus told him clearly that he could not open it. -But what will be inside the box? -thought Pandora .
He began to imagine that inside there were jewels, perfumes, stories or some important secret and, of course, he could not resist. - I'll open it just a little bit to see what's inside and quickly close it again- said Pandora.
So he opened the box and suddenly a horrible
storm form formed, the room filled with wind and a black smokeshot out of the box, went through the window and spread throughout the world. With the smoke also came out of the box all the misfortunes for humanity, hunger, disease, envy, cold, the need to work, homework ...
A Pandora only gave him time to see that deep down from the box there was still hope and for that reason he closed it immediately, so that it would never be lost. And since then, we can always count on hope.
Laura Vélez. Editor of Guiainfantil.com
