Christopher Fitton
speaker
17,716 appearances
58 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 4d ago
Christopher Fitton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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soon he came in sight of the robber's house built near the foot of a jutting cliff.
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Behind it was a rocky gorge and a roaring mountain stream, and in front of it was a garden wherein grew all kinds of rare plants and beautiful flowers.
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but the tops of the pine trees below it were laden with the bones of unlucky travellers, which hung bleaching white in the sun and wind.
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On a stone by the roadside sat Sannes himself, and when he saw Theseus coming, he ran to meet him, twirling a long rope in his hands and crying out,
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Welcome, welcome, dear prince.
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Welcome to our in-the-true traveler's rest.
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What kind of entertainment have you?
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asked Theseus.
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Have you a pine tree bended down to the ground and ready for me?
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Aye, two of them, said the robber.
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I knew that you were coming, and I bent two of them for you.
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As he spoke, he threw his rope towards Theseus and tried to entangle him in its coils.
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But the young man leaped aside, and when the robber rushed upon him, he dodged beneath his hands and seized his legs.
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As he had seized club carriers,
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and threw him heavily to the ground.
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Then the two wrestled among the trees, but not long, for Sinus was no match for his lithe young foe.
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And Theseus knelt upon the robber's back as he lay prone among the leaves, and tied him up with his own cord to the two pine trees, which were already bent down.
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As ye would have done unto me.
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So will I do unto you," he said.
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The pine bender wept and prayed, and made many a fair promise.
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