In one of the countries which Perseus had passed as he flew to the land of the Gorgons lived a king and queen who had a most beautiful daughter, called Andromeda. They loved her better than anything in the world, and the queen was so proud of her that she said she was fairer than all the fairies of the mountains and the nymphs of the sea put together. This boast was overheard by the sea nymphs, and they were very angry indeed. So they persuaded Poseidon, who was king of the sea, just as Zeus was king of Olympus, to send a great monster, like a scaly water dragon, out of the caves at the bottom of the ocean, to eat up everybody it could catch and hold in its terrible claws.

One night, therefore, a sad outcry was heard among the fishermen on the beach. They said that, as they were setting their nets, they had seen the king of the sea serpents come swirling out of the waves in the moonlight, and return to the sea, carrying a fair maiden in its wicked mouth. This happened again the next night, and the next, and the next.

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📚 Source: Once Upon A Time: Children’s Stories From The Classics (1920?) by Blanche Winder (1866-1930).