Here is a story from my life:
Hera awoke to the sound of all thirteen of Zeus's wives chattering like a flock of peacocks. Hera was Zeus's fourteenth wife and also The Queen of All Gods. Zeus was the king of all gods. He had the most power of all of the Greek gods and goddesses. Hera was very jealous of Zeus's other wives. This became clear by the way she acted around them.
When Hera saw Zeus, he beckoned her. She got up and walked over. Zeus told her to sit down. She hesitated but did so. What he told her she did not like. "Hera," Zeus began, "You have been nasty to my other wives, especially Demeter and the mortal princesses. So, I may make Demeter The Queen of All Gods."
"You would not dare!!!" cried Hera.
"Yes, I would, and unless you are at least civil to them, I will make Demeter The Queen of All Gods!" exclaimed Zeus. Hera was so mad at him that she was willing to do anything to thrash back at him.
At midnight, Hera snuck into Zeus's
room. She looked into his kind face. But he had to do
it. There was his thunderbolt in its barred case. There was a
different spell to unlock each one of the three bars. The first
spell was:
Balepresidwntanuvicepresidenttanukeou
Tcabinetomakenubadgnufra
As Hera uttered the first spell, the first bar
fell off. Zeus rolled over, but did not wake up. Hera said the
second spell. It was:
Anoncongressmalkeetoutbacksoolnosenetororaa
Eeiioouuandsomdedisy
As she said this spell, the second bar rolled away. There was Zeus. He was mumbling in his sleep, "Ahubahubawawa."
"I have almost stolen Zeus's
thunderbolt," Hera whispered. She said the last spell. It
was:
Cobakeepangidistrictct.hallbautisctof.appeelscobanustingpaepap
Obosupreemct.ecatmorecazpslkdf
As the last bar slid off, Zeus slept
like a baby bear cub. "I have done it!" cried Hera.
"The task no one has ever done before. I have stolen Zeus's
thunderbolt. Now Zeus will be under my power so nothing can
stop me from being Queen of All Gods now!" As she said this,
the bars that had held Zeus's thunderbolt erupted into Hades, Hestia and
Poseidon. Hera saw them and she started to run away, but Hades
Hestia, and Poseidon grabbed her. The thunderbolt rose into the air
as Hades, Hestia, and Poseidon started to chant:
"Zeus's thunderbolt, Zeus's thunderbold,
Zeus's thunderbole, Zeus's thunderbo....
Aaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" shrieked Hera.
Zeus awoke. "HERA WHAT YOU DID WAS WRONG!!!!!! BUT I WILL FORGIVE YOU IF YOU WILL SWEAR YOU WILL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN AANNNNNNDD IF YOU ARE AT LEAST CIVIL TO MY OTHER WIVES," said Zeus.
"I will!" said Hera.
"YOU ARE THE QUEEN OF ALL GODS!" said Zeus in a booming voice.
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