Page 3 - The Passionate
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Psyche's beauty was heard far and wide



          by  people.  Some  even  said  that  even  the



          beautiful goddess of love like Venus couldn't


          compare to her. It made the goddess Venus



          very dissatisfied and ordered her son Cupid



          to shoot a love arrow at Psyche to make her



          fall  in  love  with  the  most  dreadful  creature



          on  earth.  But  when  Cupid  met  Psyche  for


          the  first  time,  he  fell  in  love  with  her



          himself.  With  the  fear  that  his  mother



          would  know  the  truth,  Cupid  secretly  lived



          with Psyche without letting her see his face



          and  came  to  see  her  only  when  she  was


          asleep.










                                                                                          As the days went by, Psyche wondered



                                                                                    what  her  husband  would  look  like.  She



                                                                                    decided  to  peek  at  his  face  because  of  her



                                                                                    curiosity  and  the  encouragement  from  her



                                                                                    sister.  She  held  the  lamp  and  lifted  it  close



                                                                                    to him. But, the candle wax dropped on him.



                                                                                    Cupid  then  woke  up  in  shock  and  furious.


                                                                                    He said, “Love cannot live where there is no



                                                                                    trust,” and then flew away.  Psyche  had  set



                                                                                    out  to  look  for  her  husband  but  could  not



                                                                                    find him anywhere. Finally, she went to the



                                                                                    temple of the goddess Venus and begged her



                                                                                    for  help.  The  goddess  gave  her  four  tasks.



                                                                                    All of them were missions that were difficult



                                                                                    for humans to complete.
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