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It was almost dark and Narcissus had not returned home. "He has been gone too
long!" his mother worried. "I wonder if something has happened to him."
"Eating, sleeping? What good is it to me?" Narcissus spoke gently. "If I can’t be with
you, what reason is there to live?" That day Narcissus did not return home.
In fact, for many, many days, Narcissus did not eat or sleep. He was deeply in love
with himself! Finally Narcissus died looking at himself in the pond.
After he died, Narcissus’ body turned into a beautiful flower. The flower’s head
bends over, like Narcissus peering into the water. It looks at the loveliest sight in
the whole world. For Narcissus it was beauty to die for.
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