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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.02,0:00:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A woman in rags emerged from the swamp\Nflanked by seven giant scorpions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.75,0:00:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carrying a baby, she headed \Nfor the nearest village to beg for food.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.96,0:00:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She approached a magnificent mansion,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.21,0:00:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the mistress of the house \Ntook one look at her grimy clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.70,0:00:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unusual companions \Nand slammed the door in her face.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.22,0:00:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she continued down the road \Nuntil she came to a cottage.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.95,0:00:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The woman there took pity on the stranger\Nand offered her what she could:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.46,0:00:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a simple meal and a bed of straw.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.58,0:00:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her guest was no ordinary beggar.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.55,0:00:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was Isis, \Nthe most powerful goddess in Egypt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.03,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isis was in hiding from her brother Set,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who murdered her husband and wanted \Nto murder her infant son, Horus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.32,0:01:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Set was also a powerful god, \Nand he was looking for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.35,0:01:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to keep her cover, \NIsis had to be very discreet—
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.70,0:01:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she couldn’t risk using her powers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.99,0:01:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she was not without aid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.30,0:01:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serket, goddess of venomous creatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.09,0:01:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had sent seven of her fiercest servants \Nto guard Isis and her son.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.92,0:01:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Isis and Horus settled \Ninto their humble accommodation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.62,0:01:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scorpions fumed at how the wealthy\Nwoman had offended their divine mistress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.69,0:01:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all combined their venom \Nand gave it to one of the seven, Tefen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.62,0:01:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the dead of night, \NTefen crept over to the mansion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.62,0:01:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he crawled under the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.16,0:01:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he saw the owner’s young son \Nsleeping peacefully
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.34,0:01:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gave him a mighty sting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.14,0:01:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isis and her hostess were soon awakened\Nby loud wailing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.31,0:01:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they peered out of the doorway \Nof the cottage,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.75,0:01:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they saw a mother running \Nthrough the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.39,0:01:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weeping as she cradled her son.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.72,0:01:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Isis recognized the woman \Nwho had turned her away,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.88,0:02:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she understood what her \Nscorpions had done.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.96,0:02:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isis took the boy in her arms \Nand began to recite a powerful spell:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.66,0:02:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"O poison of Tefen, come out of him \Nand fall upon the ground!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.41,0:02:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poison of Befen, advance not, \Npenetrate no farther, come out of him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.32,0:02:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fall upon the ground!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.78,0:02:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For I am Isis, the great Enchantress, \Nthe Speaker of spells.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.62,0:02:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fall down, O poison of Mestet! \NHasten not, poison of Mestetef!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.90,0:02:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rise not, poison of Petet and Thetet! \NApproach not, poison of Matet!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.71,0:02:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With each name she invoked, \Nthat scorpion’s poison was neutralized.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.25,0:02:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child stirred, \Nand his mother wept with gratitude
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.50,0:02:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lamented her earlier callousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.37,0:02:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering all her wealth \Nto Isis in repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.63,0:02:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The woman who had taken Isis in \Nwatched in awe—
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.14,0:03:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had had no idea who she’d brought\Nunder her roof.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.45,0:03:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from that day on,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.57,0:03:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people learned to make a poultice \Nto treat scorpion bites,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.10,0:03:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking magical incantations \Njust as the goddess had.