Echo was one of the many nymphs that
live in forest of ancient Greece.
And she had an extraordinary talent for talking.
In other words, she could tell great stories but she was a bit of a
"chatterbox".
 
One day, Hera, queen of the gods,
came down from Mt. Olympus in search of her husband, Zeus,
the great king of the gods.
Hera was in a hurry and was not what you would call
a patient woman.
Everytime she tried to ask Echo she's seen Zeus,
the well meaning but not very tactful Echo manage to interrupt her.
 
Unfortunately for Echo, Hera was not a kind of goddess
who like to stand around chatting with talkative nymphs.
 
Echo tried to plead with Hera for forgiveness
but all she could say was...
 
Poor Echo wandered through forest alone.
Her life seemed all that over until one day
she spotted a handsome boy named Narcissus
who was hunting in the woods.
Instantly,she feel deeply in love.
She wanted desperately to tell him so, but of course,
she couldn't say a single word until someone else spoke first.
She would just have to wait for the right moment.
What Echo didn't know was that
many girls before her had tried to attract
the attention of the splendid Narcissus.
But it seemed that no one could catch his eye.
That is until the day that he happened to see
his own reflection in a pool of water.
Of all the pretty faces he'd seen, Narcissus
had never found one more fascinating than his own.
 
This was Echo's chance.
From her hiding place behind the rock,
she repeated the words that she so long to say.
 
Narcissus grew more and more enchanted with his own image.
He never once looked away from his reflection
for he was now sure it had spoken back to him.
 
But as Narcissus reached in to the water to try to touch the face
that so fascinated him,it simply disappear.
 
Dismay that the sudden lose of his only love
Narcissus plunged into the deep pool.
Echo rushed out from behind the rock
but it was too late
All she could say were the words that she last heard
 
Echo's grief was unbearable.
She wandered through the mountains
without eating or drinking.
And slowly she faded away until all that was left of her was
her voice.
According to the ancient Greece, Echos' spirit still exist in all
the mountains and caves of the world.
And you can even hear her today.
Repeating the last words of anyone who calls out to her.
 
As for Narcissus, he didn't disappear forever either.
In fact, a very strange thing happened.
On the very spot where he was last seen,a beautiful flower grew.
And as it grew, it leaned over the pool
still trying to get a look at itself.
The flower, of course, is called
the "narcissus".
 
