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Jack and Joe by Mat Mc.
The Aunt and the Granddaughter by Kyle
Immortal Beloved
by Lindsey K.
Jack and Joe went up a cliff to get a bucket of liquid snow.
Jack fell down and broke his hat and...
Joe came falling down painfully after.
The moral of the story is...........
DON'T go anywhere with Jack ... he is an accident waiting to happen.
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Once there was an aunt who would always bake, & bake, & bake. On the other hand, the granddaughter always would play, & play, & play.When dinner time came the aunt had a big feast for herself. She went to look for her granddaughter.
She heard the doorbell and opened the door. There was a pizza delivery man with 20 pizzas. Her granddaughter came with a lot of money and ate all of the pizza and didn't let her aunt eat one piece.
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Epoyrs was the daughter of Ailaht, muse of Apollo, but her father was unknown. When Epoyrs was young she would inquire of her mother how she came to be without a father, and Ailaht would only answer, It's a mystery. As Epoyrs grew, she quickly gained renown as Ailaht's equal in composing prose and poetry. Often Epoyrs was invited to Olympus to entertain the immortals. But by the time she came of age, Olympus was already in decline. Zeus, Hera, Athena, and Ares had departed for places unknown. Apollo now ruled, but he was seldom ever seen, and no one knew where he spent his time. Yet when Epoyrs came to Olympus, it sometimes happened that Apollo would appear to listen to her enchanted tales. She had a lovely, mesmerizing voice.
Epoyrs's best friend was Aihthp, daughter of Echyt, who was the daughter of Zeus. Aihthp often spoke of her relationship to Zeus with pride, although she could not say who her father was. In that was Epoyrs and Aihthp were the same. Many say they had been born on the same day at the same time, although Ailaht, Epoyrs's mother said this was not so. In either case Epoyrs and Aihthp grew up and were best friends. Epoyrs would tell stories and Aihthp would play her flute, which had been a gift to her from Pan, the only immortal who was ever known to have been killed.
It came to pass that a child was born to Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty. The child was called Aeneas, and his father was known to been a mortal, much to Aphrodite's shame. It seemed that Aphrodite was not immune to her own magic girdle, which could cause anyone to fall in love. But Aeneas grew up well and was prized by the gods because of his extreme beauty and exquisite manners.
Aihthp was the first female to capture Aeneas's attention as he entered manhood. Aeneas was fond of the swimming rivers that flowed behind the temples of Olympus, and Aihthp knew of his habit and made it a point to be in the rivers at the same time, but naked, so that Aeneas would lust for her and make her his wife. Now, Aihthp was well known for her many lovers, but she had never wanted a god as much as she wanted Aeneas. This she told to Epoyrs, Who could understand Aihthp's infatuation because she, too, found Aeneas attractive. But Epoyrs didn't speak a word of this attraction to Aihthp, who was known to have a temper.
Aeneas, when he spied Aihthp naked in the waters beside him, he was consumed with lust, for she was very beautiful. Aeneas was unaware of her reputation as a seducer, and he gave himself over to her, and she to him, after she made him first promise that he would love her, and no other, as long as Olympus stood. This Aeneas readily agreed to because he was dizzy with passion. So Aeneas and Aihthp were together for some time.
But it came to pass that Aihthp soon tired of loving Aeneas exclusively and began to entertain suitors. This Aeneas learned from Epoyrs, who told Aeneas that Aihthp had always been this way and always would be. Epoyrs told Aeneas to leave Aihthp and come with her, for by this time Epoyrs was very much in love with Aeneas, Having watched from afar as he pleased Aihthp in his amorous ways. But Aeneas was heartbroken that Aihthp had lied to him about her fidelity. He explained to Epoyrs that he could not leave Aihthp, no matter what she did, because of the vow he had sworn to her. Epoyrs was not easily put off.
It is Aihthp who made you swear the vow, Epoyrs said. It is Aihthp who can release you from the vow.
But she will never do so, Aeneas said. Her jealousy is well known.
I know it well myself, Epoyrs said. Nevertheless, Aihthp must release you from your vow, and I will force her to do so.
Epoyrs thought about the matter and eventually came up a plan that she told Aeneas, who was by this time eager to be free of Aihthp.
At the heart of Epoyrs's scheme was her knowledge of who Aihthp's father was. It had come to Epoyrs in a vision while she worshipped Apollo. Visions were common with Epoyrs. Indeed some of her greatest stories came from trances that came to her while she was in the rapture of worship. It was Epoyrs's belief that the sun itself, the life-giver of all the realms, human and divine, sometimes spoke through her. But this was a secret she kept from everyone, lest she invoke the wrath of the other gods. For the gods were notoriously jealous of one another, with few exceptions. It was a disease of character that had spread through Olympus as the centuries passed.
Aihthp's father, Epoyrs knew, was Alecto, of the realm of Hades, one of the three Furies who was responsible for listening to the complaints brought by mortals against each other and who was also responsible for punishing mortals. The three Furies were horrible. They usually were shaped as crones, with snakes for hair, dog's heads, coal-black bodies, bat's wings, and bloodshot eyes. But because they were older than Zeus, their powers were a mystery. It was also said they could assume beautiful forms when it suited them.
It happened long ago that Alecto, whom some said was the strongest of the Furies, who had become angered with Zeus because he had lightened the punishment of mortals Alecto had decreed should suffer horrible deaths. As a means of revenge, Alecto turned herself into a handsome warrior and stole into the bed of Echyt, Zeus's daughter, while she lay sleeping. Feeling the touch of the warrior she awoke and made passionate love to the disguised Fury. When they were done Alecto cast off her disguise and told Echyt that she was know pregnant with the daughter of a Fury.
Now there is no telling what will happen, Alecto said. You being, O Echyt, the goddess of fortune for all mortals everywhere. This child will not leave you for a long time, and her life will constantly affect your judgment of what mortals should receive and what they should be denied.
Horrified by the prophecy, Echyt fled to her father, Zeus, to explain to him what happened. At the news Zeus was angered, and even though he was king of Olympus, he was loath to try to directly challenge the curse of a Fury. But he did decide to try to postpone the effect of the curse by lengthening the gestation period of Echyt's child, from nine months to ninety thousand.
That way, Zeus explained, the child will not arrive until Olympus and the Earth are much changed.
But Echyt was still fearful. But my child will still be the daughter of a Fury and will most likely be hideous.
Zeus shook his head. I can make it so that the child is born beautiful and talented. Indeed, even of pleasant disposition and manner. Is this what you wish, Daughter? Then the true nature of the child will be harder to detect. As goddess of beauty the child might cause even more trouble.
But Echyt wanted it so, and she made Zeus promise that no one should know who was the father of the child. To this Zeus reluctantly agreed.
So in her vision, which even Zeus could not shield, Epoyrs saw the full tale of Aihthp's origin, and it made her laugh and cry at the same time. Because Aihthp was her friend, they had spent much of their lives together. But the pride Aihthp took in being Zeus's granddaughter had always annoyed Epoyrs, and now that they were rivals for the love of Aeneas, it annoyed her even more.
Epoyrs went to Aihthp and confronted her with the truth, which made Aihthp laugh at her. But Epoyrs said, "Go to your mother and ask her if I don't speak the truth. As you know your mother can never lie."
So Aihthp went to her mother and asked her to condemn Epoyrs's vicious gossip, but Echyt did not respond. Echyt could not lie, but she could remain silent when the truth was to painful to reveal. This Aihthp knew, and she realized with horror that what Epoyrs said was true, that she was the daughter of a Fury. Aihthp hurried back to Epoyrs and asked her to swear not to reveal this fact to anyone. Epoyrs agreed on one condition.
You must relieve Aeneas of his vow for you have not been faithful. Epoyrs said.
After all she was still friends with Aihthp. Aihthp agreed and the two embraced each other.
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