Martha: My Myth

We had to write some stories inspired by the Greek myths at school. This is my one.

Pieas was the son of Zeus. As soon as Pieas could talk Zeus gave him a guitar. When he played the guitar the world seemed like a happy place again.

The world was not a happy place because an evil witch had cast an evil spell on the village.

One day Pieas was sitting in the forest dreaming of his true love Lester. A few days later Lester's arms came off. Lester scuttled home. Everyone tried to help Lester but she had left her arms behind.

Pieas was blue and mournful. He decided to go on a quest to try and find Lester's arms.

He set off the next day. He went through squelchy bogs with crocodiles in them and one of the crocodiles bit him in the leg but Pieas carried on. He went through fearsome forests and rivers of blood until he came to the Stream of Body Bits.

But guarding the Stream of Body Bits was the Lion of all Lions. Pieas remembered his guitar and started playing. The lion fell fast asleep.

Pieas saw Lester's arms and grabbed them and ran all the way home without stopping.

But when Pieas got home Lester was dead.

THE END

Comments

[magicnose]

My son George likes to pretend he is a scary lion, I should try playing guitar at him.
I loved your Myth, I wish I could read it to my sons but I think it'd be too scary for them.

[Megan]

That was brilliant Martha, thank you! Good and grisly, and I love the squelching and scuttling. A true tragedy too - what an ending! Excellent job

[Marie]

I LOVE this, particularly the Stream of Body Bits guarded by the Lion of all Lions. And the dark, dark ending. 10/10, Martha!

[Stephanie]

Excellent, Martha. I'm glad I'm reading this in the morning not just before bedtime - I think I'd have some scary dreams!

[Zoe Greaves]

This is wonderful ... next time I am blue and mournful I'll go on a quest!

[marc nash]

The Stream of Body Bits is inspired. Copyright it and cash in when Hollywood/ Jeffrey Deaver come a'knocking

[Viv]

Brilliant! Poor Pleias though; all that trouble and Lester was dead anyway. Still. that's Greek myths for you!
I love your colourful use of language, "blue and mournful", "stream of body bits." "scuttling." You're obviously a very good writer, Martha and, as a new visitor to this blog I look forward to reading more of your work.

[Sally Z]

That is a very sad story but so beautifully written that it helped take away my sadness. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you, Martha.

[Fran]

I am an English teacher and I would give you an A* for that. It's very Greek tragic myth indeed.

[jem]

A great myth Martha. Thrilling and sad and scary in all the right places. I was one in a writing group an one of our exercises was to write our own myths - I don't think any of us wrote anything half as good as yours. Missing arms - fantastic!

[Nik Perring]

What a brilliant story!

[Tara Bradford]

All the elements of a Greek myth - tragedy, pathos and disappointed love. Well done you, Martha!

[Josa Young]

This is very sad. If you like Greek Myths, you may enjoy Zizou Corder's Halo, which came out last week. Zizou Corder is the name used by my sister in law Louisa Young AND her daughter Isabel, who wrote the Lion Boy books together as well. I made a website for Louisa - although not so much for Isabel who is a teenager now - which launched last week. www.louisayoung.co.uk

[Cat]

What a great story, Martha! I can't wait to read more of your stuff. And if you liked the Greek myths, it might be worth trying Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.