Christopher Fitton
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16,964 appearances
57 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 3d ago
Christopher Fitton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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On the day that he was fifteen years old, he went up with her to the top of the mountain, and with her looked out over the sea.
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If only your father would come, she sighed.
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My father?
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said Theseus.
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Who is my father, and why are you always watching and waiting, and wishing that he would come?
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Tell me about him.
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And she answered, My child, do you see the great flat stone which lies there?
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half buried in the ground and covered with moss and trailing ivy.
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Do you think you can lift it?
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I will try, mother, said Theseus, and he dug his fingers into the ground beside it, and grasped its uneven edges, and tugged and lifted and strained, until his breath came hard and his arms ached, and his body was covered with sweat, but the stone was not moved at all.
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At last he said,
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This task is too hard for me until I have grown stronger.
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But why do you wish me to lift it?
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When you are strong enough to lift it, answered Aethra, I will tell you about your father.
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After that, the boy went out every day and practiced at running, leaping, throwing and lifting.
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And every day,
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He rolled some stone out of its place.
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At first he could move only a little weight.
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and those who saw him laughed as he pulled and puffed, and grew red in the face.
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But he never gave up until he had lifted it, and little by little he grew stronger, and his muscles became like iron bands, and his limbs were like mighty levers for strength.
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