I enter the cave of the Gorgon. The pools of water beside the twisting path are alive with venomous serpents. In the innermost recesses, the Gorgon sits, awaiting her next victim visitor. Her eyes open and she speaks:

"Where is the Great Alexander?" she asks.

With great alacrity, anxious to be gone, I reply, "The great Alexander lives and reigns."

She yawns and closes here eyes, and I take this chance to beat a hasty retreat.