19 May 2012
Prim looked down at her pearl necklace. She counted the beads. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5," she would carry on until 15. Each day she added a new one.
Her father (Zeus) was going through her palace one day when he stumbled across a single pearl. I took it to to the top of mount Olympus and let it roll off a ledge. Whoever was to find this pearl would become immortal.
When the pearl reached ground it landed in gooseberry bush. A farmer girl called Fiona was picking the gooseberries when she stumbled across it. She thought it was a gooseberry itself and put it in her basket.
Later that day she rested a gooseberry pie on the table for her husband. They both tucked in and Fiona's husband bit the pearl. It broke into two pieces as he took them out of his mouth. A note written in smoke appeared above them. Mont Olympus awaits you, it read.
On their journey to the mountain, Fiona's husband passed away. But Fiona carried his body to the mountain. When she reached Zeus awaited her at the gates. "welcome to your new home," he said. When Fiona's husband's body entered the mountain it sprung back to life. As a baby. Zeus said, " this is your punishment for entering the gates of the mighty mountain. One man would be brought back to life. But as a child. "
When Fiona's husband reached 18, Fiona felt sad because she couldn't give him love anymore. She left him and returned as a normal being. Never would she know that her husband was Heracles.
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