Pygmalion與Galatea
Pygmalion與Galatea
在Cyprus那兒，有一個叫做Pygmalion的年輕雕塑家。他十分聰明，手藝很好。
他的每一件作品都栩栩如生，讓看到的人都會不停的稱讚。
他認為女人都有許多缺點，如自私，貪婪，小氣，妒忌，多嘴......等等。
在Pygmalion的眼裡，男人所娶的女人，簡直是一無可取，所以他自己也不結婚。
他深信只有藝術才是他的理想伴侶。
Pygmalion雖然很討厭女人，可是他腦海理所想的，卻是計劃如何施展他的才華，雕塑一座完美無缺的女人塑像。
他要讓世間所有男人看到這座雕像以後，都會覺得自己的妻子是多麼庸俗。
Pygmalion的計劃決定了以後，就著手雕塑他心目中最完美的女人。他每天都很用心的工作，希望能塑造出最完美的傑作。
日子一天一天過去，Pygmalion的作品終於完成了。
這座塑像非常完美，簡直就像一個真的人似的。
也可以說，沒有一個女人或一座塑像可以與它相比。
Pygmalion became more and more proud as he watched.
Not only was he satisfied with this carefully sculpted work, but what was even more amazing was that after looking at it for a while, he actually fell in love with the statue.
Indeed, the statue looks like a real woman.
With its beautiful face and slender figure, if it weren't for the coldness all over, people would have mistaken it for a peerless beauty standing there.
At first, Pygmalion only admired his masterpiece very much, but gradually he became madly in love with this statue.
Every day, Pygmalion hugs the statue and expresses his passion to the statue.
But no matter how enthusiastic he expressed it, the statue was always so cold and showed no reaction at all.
Pygmalion treated the statue like a child playing with a toy.
He dressed her in gorgeous clothes and bought her many cute little gifts.
Flowers, pearls, brooches, necklaces, even candies...etc., everything is available.
He also imagined that one day she would be able to talk to him very kindly.
Every night, Pygmalion also carried the statue to a special glass bed, covered her with a soft quilt, and sang a lullaby to coax her to sleep.
Although Pygmalion continued to show care and affection, the other party always looked at him indifferently and showed no reaction at all.
This made Pygmalion's spirit very painful. Finally, he had to go to the temple to ask Venus, the goddess of love, for help.
On this day, Pygmalion hugged the statue as usual and looked at her lovingly.
Suddenly, whether it was an illusion or reality, this cold statue became warm! He touched his hand again, looked at her face again, and saw that she was smiling at him.
Then, the arms and shoulders of the statue became like real people, soft and elastic, as if the wax statue had softened in the sun.
Pygmalion touched the wrist of the statue, and the pulse was still beating! At this time, Pygmalion was really excited.
With the help of Venus, the statue finally turned into a living beauty. She lives happily with Pygmalion.
Pygmalion gave her a beautiful name - Galatea. Later, they often went to the temple to thank Venus for her help.
(1) Pygmalion became more and
more proud ➊滿意➋失望➌生氣
(2) brooches
➊項鍊➋耳環➌胸針（或領針）
(3) Pygmalion is a young
➊畫家➋雕塑家➌科學家
(4) she was smiling at him
➊苦笑➋大笑➌微笑
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