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Athens, on a summer night. The air is soft and warm. In the sky the moon shines, throwing its bright silvery light over the old city and the dark forest beyond. There are faces at a window in the great palace on top of the hill. It is Theseus, Duke of Athens, and the beautiful Hippolyta, looking up at the moon …

‘Hippolyta, my love,’ said the Duke, ‘our wedding day comes closer. In four happy days there will be a new moon.’ He took Hippolyta’s hand and pulled her towards him. ‘But how slow this old moon is!’ He sighed. ‘Why can’t it hurry away and bring our wedding day faster.’ He kissed Hippolyta’s hand, and she laughed.

‘Four days will quickly end in nights,’ she said softly, ‘and four nights will quickly pass in dreams. And then the new moon will shine on our celebrations.’