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Kyttos Gnomos, I had to make up a myth and constellation
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post Mar 25 2006, 04:20 PM
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Well, for language arts we had to make a constellation and it and tell how it got there. So here mine is. The title means Garden gnome in Greek. (Sorry it's so long) btw i don't know why those boxes are there....they're supposed to be apostrophies, and comas.
Kyttos Gnomos
By: Stefanie Price

Long ago everyone was as short as dwarfs. No one was taller than 3 feet. Even the gods were short, even the almighty Zeus! There were better times, when people were taller, but suddenly everyone just seemed to have shrunk. The problem was, though, that all of the people looked the same. People couldn’t even tell who was a mortal and who was a god! Zeus got very angry about this. The people of Greece doubted that he was a god, and they would laugh hysterically when he said he was Zeus. Even his own wife, Hera, refused to see him, thinking that another man was Zeus. Zeus became furious! Yes, he had cheated on Hera, but in his heart he still loved her. Zeus sighed. He had even lost his super strength.
So, feeling very depressed he wandered around Athens. He didn’t feel like trying to go up Mount Olympus again; he figured they’d kick him out again. After wandering around Athens, Zeus had found a nice quiet alley where he could relax. He thought about better times, when everyone was a unique individual, and no one, not even twins were exactly alike. Zeus remembered how mortals used to come to his temple in awe seeing him face to face and confronting him with their problems. Now they spat on him and called him a peasant.
After a while he wondered, “Who could be behind all of this?” Surely Hades hadn’t done it, because it would affect him, too, but whom, than? Not one of his trusted gods?!?! Zeus simply tried to get the thought out of his mind and fell asleep.
He slept restlessly, it was so cold, he wasn’t used to it. He missed his warm and cozy bed. He especially missed Hera. Not to mention, he felt very unprotected. When he was on Mount Olympus guards would watch the door, and every couple of hours they would make sure he was ok, sometimes they even brought him midnight snacks! Yet, in the dark cold alley there was none of that. Zeus sighed, and for the rest of the night he just looked at the stars.
The next morning Zeus wandered the streets, looking for someone or something that maybe, just maybe might be different. He had no luck. Disappointed, he headed back to the alley, which he now called “home”.
When he got there to his surprise, a garden gnome stood there muttering to himself. Zeus exclaimed,” Who are you? What are you doing here? And why do you look—different?” “This is MY alley! Now you get OUT!” the garden gnome said in a squeaky, high pitched voice. “I won’t leave until you tell me”, Zeus said with great courage. The gnome sighed, “You see, sir, I can’t tell you—gods’ orders.” Zeus got in rage. “You don’t understand! I-I am Zeus!” The gnome laughed hysterically. “You? A god—the almighty Zeus?!?! Oh puh-lease!” Zeus sighed. “Fine don’t believe me, but I warn you—when I fix this you’re through.” With that the gnome disappeared. Zeus remembered when he could disappear, but there was no time for dawdling! He had to climb Mount Olympus and talk to Hera, that is if she truly is Hera.
It took Zeus days before he could even get half way up. He was getting tired, thirsty, and not to mention, very hungry.
When he finally got to the top of Mount Olympus he saw his home. Oh how he had missed it! He headed to his room. When he opened the door he saw Hera, but she was with another man. “Hera!” He exclaimed. “What are you doing witht his—imposture?!?!” “Who are you,” Hera asked. “Hera, although everyone looks the same I know it’s you—don’t you recognize me,” Zeus pleaded. “You do seem familiar,” Hera said in thought. “This, though”, Hera pointed to a dwarf, “Is Zeus” “You don’t understand! I’m Zeus,” Zeus exclaimed. At first Hera was in doubt, but perhaps it was Zeus, and there was only one way to find out. Hera sent the dwarf out of the room. “If it’s really you, than you’ll know what our song is.” “Of course I do,” Zeus said happily. “It’s ‘Oh Godly Love’!” “Oh, Zeus,” Hera exclaimed. Than suddenly everything went back to normal. “H-how did that happen,” Zeus said in awe. Hera made a sly smile, “Well, dear, you’re always cheating on me, so I thought I’d teach you a lesson. I got that gnome to cast the spell and-“than Zeus cut her off. “That garden gnome! It was he who caused this mess!” An with his strength back again, he found the garden gnome, and hurled him up to the night sky. And there, he forever hangs.
 

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skp86   Kyttos Gnomos   Mar 25 2006, 04:20 PM


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