Apollo heard a voice call out as he tied up his fishing boat. He turned to look back at the still waters of the harbor and he heard the voice again. He thought he saw a fishes tail! Am I crazy or what? Then in the distance he both saw and heard a splash of water. He dove into the crystal water, as swift as a dolphin, and deftly captured the splashing object. At first he thought he held an animated clump of sea weed. Then the body relaxed and it was easy for him to bring it into shore.

What have we here? He carried her in his arms over the moss covered rocks. He brushed the sea weed from her long golden hair, which framed a symetric featured face in a halo of bright sun-light color. Slowly the eyes opened, long lashes fickered over sea green eyes which turned bluer than the deep blue sea.

"And who might you be pretty one?"

"Thank the gods you have saved me!" is all that she replied. She looked at him with dreamy longing in those eyes. Apollo was mezmerised. Her rose colored lips parted slowly and her teeth were like exquisite pearls, her breath was the sweetest of the most delicate fragrance, jasmine, orchid, lilly of the valley. Her skin glistened golden in the afternoon sun. It was if they had both been encompased by a pink cloud. Slowly they melted into one another in a bright orange flame. In all of his life Apollo had never experienced such a delicious kiss! It was as if they simply could not stop. Time flew past them, they knew not where they were? People passed_ fish mongers, pilgrims, priests, poets, rich men, poor men, old and young. They were oblivious to them all. All the residents of Delos wandered by them, and they knew it not.

Finally, as the sun began to sink over the horizon Apollo said, "Where can we go?"

The startled maiden came to her senses and cried with a look of alarm on her face, "Go? What do you mean go? We can't go anywhere!"

Apollo shook his head, and smiled his handsome smile. He looked at the girl and said, "This is not nice!"

The sweet girl seemed most contrite. "I know, I am so sorry, it was so wonderful of you to save me! Forgive me, but I must go."

"Where can I find you?" Now the girl seemed most distraught, he did not want to upset her futher.

"Find me? You are going to want to find me? You can't! You! can't! You can't! You can't! You can't! Tears flowed from her beautiful eyes"

The poor girl was so desperate and insistent, Apollo laughed.

"You can never find me!"

In only a matter of moments the beautiful girl that he had just been holding in his arms was gone!

Apollo scratched his head. Now where did she go? I know that I must find her!