Storm Myth
by Rachel
11/25/98

Long ago when the Greek gods were still living there was a god named Zeus. Zeus ruled all heaven and earth. Then there was his brother Hades. Hades ruled the under world. Zeus had a wife and a bunch of kids and there was a son named Hercules. Hades didn't like Hercules from the day he was born. They lived up on a big fluffy cloud called Olympus and was a nice peaceful place that was covered with birds singing and kids playing.

One day when Hades came up from the underworld he tried to make a big storm with lightening and thunder and make it all dark and gloomy with gray clouds. And very cold. Then Zeus came along and tried to stop him but that didn't work and they just created a bigger storm than before. It get very dark and cold and the wind started. Pretty soon there were big gusts of wind blowing every thing all over. Trees started to fall and needles and leaves all over. The kids all ran in from outside and the bright sun was no longer bright.

They kept fighting and fighting. No one knew what was going on so Hercules went to check things out. After a long venture Hercules finally found Zeus and Hades in a fight. Hercules tried to stop them but he couldn't He went back and got the other people and told them what he saw. They all went to the spot and after a very long time the people of Olympus got them to stop fighting and got every thing back to normal and everyone was happy again.