1.  Dance knelt down before him and cried, "Oh sir have pity upon me, and let me live in your house as a servant. Be kind to me, for I am a king's daughter and this boy's father is god. I will be no trouble to you and I will not be idle. I can work better than any of the  maidens in my own country." Dictys raised her up and said, "My daughter, I am old, and I have no children to make my home cheerful. Come with me, then, and you shall be a daughter to me and to my wife and this your babe shall be our grandchild." 

then Dance knelt down before him and requested him to have pity upon her and allow her to live like a servant in his house. She requested him to be kind to her as she was a king's daughter and that boy's father was a god. She added that she would be no trouble to him and she would not be idle. She said that she could work better than any of the maidens in her own country. Dictys raised her up and said that he was old and had no children to make his house cheerful. he asked her to go with him and she would be a daughter to him and his wife, and that babe of hers would be their grandchild.