answered the sunshiny figure . `` And because I am such a cheery little body , I was packed into the box , to make amends to the human race for that swarm of ugly Troubles , which was destined to be let loose among them . Never fear ! we shall do pretty well , in spite of them all . '' `` Your wings are colored like the rainbow ! '' exclaimed Pandora . `` How very beautiful ! '' `` Yes , they are like the rainbow , '' said Hope , `` because glad as my nature is , I am partly made of tears as well as smiles . '' `` And will you stay with us , '' asked Epimetheus , `` for ever and ever ? '' `` As long as you need me , '' said Hope , with her pleasant smile , -- `` and that will be as long as you live in the world , -- I promise never to desert you . There may come times and seasons , now and then , when you will think that I have utterly vanished . But again , and again , and again , when perhaps you least dream of it , you shall see the glimmer of my wings on the ceiling of your cottage . Yes , my dear children , and I know something very good and beautiful that is to be given you hereafter ! '' `` O tell us , '' they exclaimed , -- `` tell us what it is ! '' `` Do not ask me , '' replied Hope , putting her finger on her rosy mouth . `` But do not despair , even if it should never happen while you live on this earth . Trust in my promise , for it is true . '' `` We do trust you ! '' cried Epimetheus and Pandora , both in one breath . And so they did ; and not only they , but so has everybody trusted Hope , that has since been alive .
And , to tell you the truth , I can not help being glad -- -LRB- though , to be sure , it was an uncommonly naughty thing for her to do -RRB- - but I can not help being glad XXXXX our foolish Pandora peeped into the box .
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