字神帝國英語天地

ღ The beaming face of the sun put her to flight. The eager Apollo followed her closely behind, calling out to her to stop. His passion had been lighted by her beauty and grace. He was afraid that this might be the last time he saw her.

ღ The quick footed maiden made the best of  her legs, but the passionate Apollo pressed hard upon her . Through rough fields and pathless woods she ran，but the sound of his pursuing feet ever grew nearer.

ღ As he ran he begged his beloved maiden to slow down，for he feared that she might fall and hurt her sparkling skin on the rocky roads. But the escaping maiden never cared so much about that. She even threw one glance back wards.

ღ At last she was quite breathless and cried to her father, a river god, for help. No sooner had her prayer been uttered than answered, for she had instantly found herself glued to the ground and a layer of soft bark growing over her fair skin. She had been turned into a laurel tree.Sighing, Apollo put his arms around the tree trunk.The trunk responded by turning thinner.

ღ To show his undying love for the maiden, he decided that the laurel would be his favorite tree and should be the prize of honour and fame for deathless poets and poetry .Thus the most outstanding poet always desires to be made a poet laureate .

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達芙妮
達芙妮是位嫵媚動人的仙女。有一天當她興高采烈地在林中遊玩時，她發現太陽神阿波羅用愛慕的目光盯著自己。

光芒四射的太陽使她害怕得拔腿就跑。熱切的太陽神緊隨其後，竭力喊叫希望她停下腳步。她的美麗與優雅激發了他的愛慕之情，他唯恐這將是他們的最後一面。

快步如飛的仙女拼命地奔跑，但情緒激昂的阿波羅緊追不放。她越過荒野，穿過人跡罕至的森林，但追趕的腳步聲愈加逼近。

他一邊追趕，一邊懇求心愛的仙女放慢腳步。他害怕仙女在石道上跌倒會擦破她那閃耀的皮膚。但奔逃的仙女根本顧不了這些，她甚至沒朝身後瞥一眼。

最後，她身心俱疲急得向她的父親(河神)求救。她的懇求馬上得到了回應，她很快發現自己緊緊地依附在地面。接著，驕嫩的皮膚上長出一層鬆軟的樹皮，她變成了一棵月桂樹。太陽神唉聲歎氣地擁抱著樹幹，樹幹縮細了。

為了表示他對仙女的愛情，他將月桂樹作為他最喜愛的樹種，並決定將它作為一種對榮譽與威望的獎勵，把它授予那些永恆的詩人和流芳百世的詩。因此最傑出的詩人總希望獲得桂冠詩人的尊號。

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