Nothing shall EVER be owned by me. Not the series or the YouTube video I watched to actually review the story (I sort of forgot the setting!).
WITH HERMES AND THE STOLL BOYS
Hermes made a tsk-tsk noise. "Boys, you must stop lying to people. I get that you're my kids, but you can't just go around telling people that you can fart the alphabet."
"But, Dad! I'm trying to!" Travis moaned.
"First off, Travis and Connor, lying is bad," Hermes said as he talked to his six-year-olds. "Actually, that reminds me of the time I yelled for a Cyclops."
THE GOD WHO CRIED CYCLOPS
Once upon a time, there lived a guy named Hermes. Now, Hermes was a good kid, but there was one problem. He was also a liar. His lying was so horrible, that his father Zeus made him work at Demeter's farm for the summer to get his act together.
"Okay, Hermes," said Demeter, "here's your task for today. I need you to go count how many strawberries I've grown this year."
"Yes, Aunt Demeter." Hermes glowered at his aunt when she had her back turned, and he headed off to the strawberry fields.
Hermes started to hum a song to himself, but he got bored of that. He became so bored that he started to pretend that the strawberries were alive.
Then an idea hit him. "I know how to have fun, even if my job sucks!" he told himself. "Ah! CYCLOPS!"
Demeter, who was inside making cookies with Persephone, ran outside. "Where is he? Where's the Cyclops, Hermes?" But she already knew the answer. There wasn't a Cyclops, because if there was, Hermes wouldn't be on the ground laughing.
"Hermes!" yelled Persephone angrily. "Don't EVER yell for that unless you really see one!" And just for good measure, she kicked him and stormed off.
The next morning, as Hermes was working in the fields, he got bored again. No surprise! Well, what? He was so used to delivering messages and traveling all day, so of course he was bored!
"Hmm…" Hermes said. "CYCLOPS!"
Demeter and Persephone were cleaning the house. "Where's the Cyclops? Where's the Cyclops, Hermes?" Demeter asked.
"Oh, that? Well, I was just messing with you!"
Demeter kicked him this time, and he yowled in pain.
The next morning, Hermes was humming to himself a Greek song Apollo taught him when he was little. When he looked up at the sky, he saw a Cyclops staring down at him.
"Oh, crap!" Hermes yelled. "Cyclops!"
Demeter and Persephone were inside their house, making a nice dinner for tonight.
"Are we gonna help him?" asked Persephone.
"Nope," said Demeter.
And because of this, Hermes was eaten and was puked up later by the Cyclops. From then on, he only lied occasionally.
MEANWHILE…
"What's the moral here?" asked Connor.
"Dude, don't lie. That's the moral of the story," snapped Hermes. "Now, that being said, STOP TELLING PERCY YOU GUYS CAN FART THE ALPHABET!"