Echo 　　Echowasanymphwhotalkedtoomuch．Shewasveryfondofhavingthelastwords．OnedayshesPokerudelytothegreatHera,whosaidthatforthisoffenceEchoshouldneverusehervoiceagain,unlesstorepeatwhatshehadjustheard,butsinceshewasveryfondoflastwords,shemightrepeatthelastwordsofothers．ThiswasalmostasbadasifHerahadchangedherintoaparrot．Echowasverymuchashamed,andhidherselfintheforest． 　　Narcissus,ayoungmanwhohadhairasyellowasgoldandeyesasblueasthesky,——averyrarethinginGreece,wheremostpeoplewereverydark,——usedtohuntintheforestwhereEchowashiding．Asshewaslookingoutshylyfromsomecaveorfrombehindagreattree,EchooftensawNarcissus,andsheadmiredhimverymuch． 　　OnesayNarcissusbecameseparatedfromhisfriends,andhearingsomethingrustleamongtheleaves,hecalledout,“Who'shere?” 　　“Here,”answeredEcho． 　　“HereIam．Come!”saidNarcissus. 　　“Iamcome,”saidEcho；and,asshespoke,shecameoutfromamongthetrees． 　　WhenNarcissussawastranger,insteadofoneofhisfriendsashehadexpected,helookedsurprisedandwalkedquicklyaway. 　　Afterthis,Echonevercameoutandallowedherselftobeseenagain,andintimeshedisappearedtillshebecameonlyavoice． 　　Thisvoicewasheardformany,manyyearsinforestsandamongmountains,particularlyincaves．Intheirlonelywalks,huntersoftenheardit．Sometimesitrepeatedthebarkingoftheirdogs；sometimesitrepeatedtheirownlastwords．Italwayshadastrangeandsadsound,andseemedtomakelonelyplacesmorelonelystill．