Christopher Fitton
speaker
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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With a brave heart, Theseus walked on, keeping the sea always upon his right.
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Soon the old city of treason was left far behind, and he came to the great marshes, where the ground sank under him at every step, and green pools of stagnant water lay on both sides of the narrow pathway.
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But no fiery dragon came out of the reeds to meet him, so he walked on and on till he came to the rugged mountain land which bordered the western shore of the sea.
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Then he climbed one slope after another until at last
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He stood on the summit of a grey peak from which he could see the whole country spread out around him.
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Then downward and onward,
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He went on again, but his way led him through dark mountain glens, and along the edges of mighty precipices, and underneath many a frowning cliff, until he came to a dreary wood where the trees grew tall and close together, and the light of the sun was seldom seen.
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In that forest, there dwelt a rubber giant called Club Carrier, who was the terror of all the country.
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For oftentimes, he would go down into the valleys where the shepherds fed their flocks and would carry off not only sheep and lambs, but sometimes children and the men themselves.
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It was his custom
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to hide in the thickets of underbrush close to a pathway, and when a traveler passed that way, leap out upon him and beat him to death.
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When he saw Theseus coming through the woods, he thought that he would have a rich prize, for he knew from the youth's dress and manner that he must be a prince.
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He lay on the ground, where leaves of ivy and tall grass screamed him from view, and he held his great ein club ready to strike.
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But Theseus had sharp eyes and quick ears.
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and neither beast nor rubber giant could have taken him by surprise.
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When a club carrier leaped out of his hiding place to strike him down, and young man dodged aside so quickly that the heavy club struck the ground behind him, and then, before the rubber giant could raise it for a second stroke,
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Theseus seized the fellow's legs and tripped him up.
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Club Carrier roared loudly and tried to strike again, but Theseus wrenched the club out of his hands, then dealt him such a blow on the head that he never again harmed travelers passing through the forest.
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Then the youth went on his way, carrying the huge club on his shoulder and singing a song of victory and looking sharply around him for any other foes that might be lurking among the trees.
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Just over the ridge of the next mountain, he met an old man who warned him not to go
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