We will be such nice pretty playfellows for you ! Only let us out ! '' `` What can it be ? '' thought Pandora . `` Is there something alive in the box ? Well ! -- yes ! -- I am resolved to take just one peep ! Only one peep ; and then the lid shall be shut down as safely as ever ! There can not possibly be any harm in just one little peep ! '' But it is now time for us to see what Epimetheus was doing . This was the first time , since his little playmate had come to dwell with him , that he had attempted to enjoy any pleasure in which she did not partake . But nothing went right ; nor was he nearly so happy as on other days . He could not find a sweet grape or a ripe fig -LRB- if Epimetheus had a fault , it was a little too much fondness for figs -RRB- ; or , if ripe at all , they were over-ripe , and so sweet as to be cloying . There was no mirth in his heart , such as usually made his voice gush out , of its own accord , and swell the merriment of his companions . In short , he grew so uneasy and discontented , that the other children could not imagine what was the matter with Epimetheus . Neither did he himself know what ailed him , any better than they did . For you must recollect , that at the time we are speaking of , it was everybody 's nature , and constant habit , to be happy . The world had not yet learned to be otherwise . Not a single soul or body , since these children were first sent to enjoy themselves on the beautiful earth , had ever been sick , or out of sorts .
At length , discovering that , somehow or other , he put a stop to all the play , Epimetheus judged it best XXXXX go back to Pandora , who was in a humor better suited to his own .
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