“Surely, if you have no pity for me,” she said, “you cannot be so cruel to these little children who stretch out their arms to you.” […] I love you, and will do you no harm. […] But first of all, you must promise to do in all things just as I tell you.” […] he cried, “so you have come back without doing what you promised to do. […] When you have succeeded in doing these three things, you may take the Golden Fleece back with you to Greece.”