Let no one tempt you to try to cool yourself , or evil will befall you . ' ` Forwards ! ' answered Petru . ` Do not worry yourself . If I have escaped without being frozen , there is no chance of my melting . ' ` Why not ? This is a heat that will melt the marrow in your bones -- a heat that is only to be felt in the kingdom of the Goddess of Thunder . ' -LRB- 3 -RRB- -LRB- 3 -RRB- In the German ` Donnerstag ' -- the day of the Thunder God , i.e. Jupiter . And it WAS hot . The very iron of the horse 's shoes began to melt , but Petru gave no heed . The sweat ran down his face , but he dried it with his gauntlet . What heat could be he never knew before , and on the way , not a stone 's throw from the road , lay the most delicious valleys , full of shady trees and bubbling streams . When Petru looked at them his heart burned within him , and his mouth grew parched . And standing among the flowers were lovely maidens who called to him in soft voices , till he had to shut his eyes against their spells . ` Come , my hero , come and rest ; the heat will kill you , ' said they . Petru shook his head and said nothing , for he had lost the power of speech . Long he rode in this awful state , how long none can tell . Suddenly the heat seemed to become less , and , in the distance , he saw a little hut on a hill . This was the dwelling of the Goddess of Thunder , and when he drew rein at her door the goddess herself came out to meet him . She welcomed him , and kindly invited him in , and bade him tell her all his adventures .
So Petru told her all that had happened to him , and why he was there , and then took farewell of her , as he had no time XXXXX lose .
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