His Majesty ordered workers to build a stone palace for him far away in the mountains. The Pharaoh and his Queen decided that their baby boy should grow up far away from any danger, especially dogs, snakes and crocodiles. The cows were already turning into stars and rising to the heavens. Can't you please pronounce a happier fate for him?"īut his pleading was no use. "Oh, Cows of Hathor, we have waited so many years for this baby son. The Pharaoh placed his hand over his heart and pleaded with the sacred cattle: One of those animals could kill their beautiful baby boy? How could this be so? "His fate shall come to him in the form of a dog, a snake or a crocodile." The cows lowed in admiration, and announced the child's destiny. When the seven sacred cows of Hathor appeared in front of the palace, the Pharaoh and the Queen brought the newborn baby out to show them. In the morning, they came down to earth in the form of seven sacred cows. That night, the seven stars of the goddess Hathor twinkled brightly in the sky. Eventually, the gods of Egypt agreed among themselves to grant his wish.The Queen fell pregnant the months passed by, and, one happy day, she gave birth to a son. He prayed to the gods with all his heart for a baby to be born to his wife. ![]() Once upon a time, a Pharaoh of ancient Egypt had everything a Pharaoh could desire - everything, except for one thing: a child. We’ll read out some of the best answers on Storynory. ![]() So what we want you to do, is to the listen to the story until it cuts off abruptly in mid sentence, and then tell us how you think it should end. ![]() Unfortunately the papyrus has been damaged and we’ve lost the final part of the story. This story was written on just such a scroll which is now in the British museum. Some of these papyrus scrolls survived thousands of years buried in the dry sands of the Sahara desert. You may know that the ancient Egyptians wrote on paper made out of the papyrus reeds that grew along the banks of the River Nile. First I’m going to ask you to do something for us. Hello, this is Bertie and in a moment, Jana is going to be reading a fairy tale from ancient Egypt.
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