O , very naughty and very foolish Pandora ! You should have thought only of doing what was right , and of leaving undone what was wrong , and not of what your playfellow Epimetheus would have said or believed . And so perhaps she might , if the enchanted face on the lid of the box had not looked so bewitchingly persuasive at her , and if she had not seemed to hear , more distinctly than before , the murmur of small voices within . She could not tell whether it was fancy or no ; but there was quite a little tumult of whispers in her ear , -- or else it was her curiosity that whispered , `` Let us out , dear Pandora , -- pray let us out ! 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 XXXXX they did .
In at for if of on since than to within