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english-9:home Book 9 3/4 battle minotuar labrynth island the islanders are hospitable to the crew let them staythey walk in and have a feast unknown to them one of there crew had wandered off the keeper of the labryth divage to the crew that they had captured a minotaur

odysseus suprised and excited he requested to seebut little doeshe know the creature has escaped with the help of his own man who laid there bloody and murdered they seek revenge onthe beast and set out to dismember the savagethe islanders were angery and scared so the were to cowardly

they stay in one large group and odysseus went out for the hunt went out for the hunt the islanders said that they would find him in the labyrth of the mountains

odysseus venture into the mountains

odysseus treked for three days when they come upon bull track he follow it until they come upon a strange beast with muscles with two large horns protruting out of his head he first tried to see if he would reason

but the Minotaur then insults odysseus sending him into a fight odysseus breaks a spear into the bull he then realizes to use the power against him and he cuts his horns off he cuts his ackles tendons making him ran into the wall runs into the wall knocking rocks onto him odysseus then kills him with the horns

Aaron Long Gold 3 3/26/07 book 9 3/4 The Mercy and the Bull Like a mirror in the moon light the ship was perfectly reflected in the sea. The waves crashed against the sides of the boat in a steady rhythm. They came to an island riddled with mountains. They walked up to the main land where they find islanders feasting in celebration. “ Welcome travelers to the island of the Labyrinth. Come feast with us because we are in a time of celebration.” Odysseus and his men sat and feasted and drinking several bowls of wine becoming drunk. Unknowing to Odysseus one of his crew had wandered off in the moment to look for a palace to steal treasures. When he comes to a great cage in the vast dark in the night. It was a large bull creature. “ Well hello my fine young sir you seem to have found me in a bit of a problem. I was just wondering the mountainside when a bunch of barbarians captured me. Could you let me out child?” Being impaired the young warrior did as he was asked. Unlocking the cage. The Minotaur walked out grabbing the man by the head and crashing his face in with his bare hand. The blood oozed out through the cracks in his fist. Spraying on the ground. The Minotaur then tossed him aside as if a piece of paper. Odysseus and his men awoke the next morning and was surprised that the islanders that were so proud and happy were now overtaking with fear. The son of Laertes and the gods of old, Odysseus, master mariner and soldier went to investigate. “It has escaped. A man of your crew I possum. He is with out a head and in a tunic of your crew.” “ What exactly decapitated my fine crew member?” “Only the very creature that has torture our land for so long, a minotaur. A beast with a head of a bull and the strength of on too. Twice size of your largest man and wields a large axe if had. If not than just by hand does he reap men to chunks of meat.” “Take me where you kept him.” Demanded Laertes son, raider of cities. “It is just down the path toward the Labyrinth Mountains. You must fight him we will stay since half our village was lost trying to capture him.” One of the younger crew came up to Odysseus with a devious voice,” we should leave, not our problem and we have all ready lost a man. To Ithaca we must go.” “No, the gods have already been angered enough. We shall repay the debt we have made. I and I alone shall defeat this brute.” So Odysseus gathered his sword, shield and only one spear. That is all the hero would need. The islanders offer a horse. He left at dawn and road for three days until he found tracks. He came upon the creature during the time of no shadows. The blistering sun bonded on Odysseus. Odysseus first wanted to see if was able to reason. He walked up slowly has not to startle it. “Creature why is my fellow man have a head missing?” The sweat dripped of the bull man as it turned and growing as it stood up straight trying to intimidate the son of Laertes. “ He was simply in my way. I don’t eat filth like you.” with a slight grin on its face. At this exact moment Odysseus decide capturing wasn’t going to happen. The bull had to be broken. The attitude of a killer need to be dispatched to Hades. Odysseus then rushed with spear in hand. The Minotaur the tip as if a dull rock a shattered the spear into splinters. The son of Laertes was knocked back with the force of a tree falling. The wind escaping his lungs. The bull thinking he isn’t a threat turns a begins to walk a way. Odysseus jumps and swings loping both of the horns off. A bull without horns was regarded an insult. Enraged. Knowing this Odysseus uses the Minotaur' power against himself. As the beast charges Odysseus dodges to the side chopping the meaty tendons of the bull. Knocking him into the wall of rocks. A large boulder falls and traps the beast. Odysseus slowly walks over with the two horns he had cut off the bull. “ Please son of Laertes spare me, I can never return to my herd. Mercy. I’m sorr….” Odysseus drove the two horns right through the eyes of the Minotaur silencing the pleading beast. “ An honorable man does not beg mercy when he deserve the punishment. Hades have mercy on the soul of the soul he took.” Odysseus then sat a sawed the head of the beast and rode back to the camp. He then threw the head on a spear a drove it into the beach. And before the islanders saw the deed he had done he left back to his eternal trip to Ithaca.