Chapter 2: Convincing the Goddesses
Athens, City square:
Daphne was tired. She hadn't slept in ages. But it wasn't her fault. Then sun just hadn't gone down, and have you ever tired sleeping in the middle of the day? All around her, farmers were saying, "My crops are burning! How is my family going to live through the winter?" Fishermen were complaining that the water levels were getting lower and it was dangerous to take their boats out. Everywhere, people were complaining about the heat.
"Somebody's got to stop this!" said Daphne, "I'm going to Anthea's temple to sort this out!"
So Daphne walked the two miles uphill to Anthea's temple.
"Anthea, Goddess of Day! I have come to speak on behalf of the mortals!" Suddenly her marble statue came to life.
"Well? What is it? I can't stay here all day!"
"The earth is dying! We need Caladra back! We need night back!"
"Why do you need night little girl? All you do then is sleep! Why sleep when you could be working?"
"That's just it! If there's no night, the crops can't cool down, the water won't stop evaporating, and the animals and us won't stop being cooked! Your going to kill us, all of us, and you won't have an earth to bring daylight to soon!"
"Go away little girl! What could a child know of these matters! I have been around since the beginning of time! To me, you seem to have been born a second ago! Be gone!" And with that, she left the temple in a big thunderclap that made Daphnes' bones rattle.
"Alright then. Our only hope is Calandra. How did Anthea ever become a Goddess? She is so cruel!"
So Daphne climbed the two miles down the hill, and then the two miles up the next to Calandra, the Goddess of night's temple.
"Calandra, Goddess of night, I have come to speak to you on behalf of the mortals!" And again, suddenly the marble statue of Calandra came to life, only, she looked a lot more tired.
"What would you like, uh…"
"Daphne."
"What would you like Daphne?"
"I would like you to come back and give us night. The world is dying because it cannot rest. The crops are burning, the oceans are drying, and we are being cooked alive. Please, help us!"
"I can't do anything. Anthea is too strong for me. She is much older, and I haven't used my powers since Hades rebelled. I'm sorry, there's just nothing I can do."
Looking down into Daphne's sad face, she suddenly got an idea.
"Why didn't I think of this before! We could ask the council to do something about this!"
"What council?" asked Daphne.
"The council of Gods! And if she won't reason, then Zeus could appoint a new God of day!"
"I think that could work! Do you think I could come to?" asked Daphne.
"Why of course! You're the one who brought this up, and the mortals would need a say in this, even if you are a child." Said Calandra.
Athens, City square:
Daphne was tired. She hadn't slept in ages. But it wasn't her fault. Then sun just hadn't gone down, and have you ever tired sleeping in the middle of the day? All around her, farmers were saying, "My crops are burning! How is my family going to live through the winter?" Fishermen were complaining that the water levels were getting lower and it was dangerous to take their boats out. Everywhere, people were complaining about the heat.
"Somebody's got to stop this!" said Daphne, "I'm going to Anthea's temple to sort this out!"
So Daphne walked the two miles uphill to Anthea's temple.
"Anthea, Goddess of Day! I have come to speak on behalf of the mortals!" Suddenly her marble statue came to life.
"Well? What is it? I can't stay here all day!"
"The earth is dying! We need Caladra back! We need night back!"
"Why do you need night little girl? All you do then is sleep! Why sleep when you could be working?"
"That's just it! If there's no night, the crops can't cool down, the water won't stop evaporating, and the animals and us won't stop being cooked! Your going to kill us, all of us, and you won't have an earth to bring daylight to soon!"
"Go away little girl! What could a child know of these matters! I have been around since the beginning of time! To me, you seem to have been born a second ago! Be gone!" And with that, she left the temple in a big thunderclap that made Daphnes' bones rattle.
"Alright then. Our only hope is Calandra. How did Anthea ever become a Goddess? She is so cruel!"
So Daphne climbed the two miles down the hill, and then the two miles up the next to Calandra, the Goddess of night's temple.
"Calandra, Goddess of night, I have come to speak to you on behalf of the mortals!" And again, suddenly the marble statue of Calandra came to life, only, she looked a lot more tired.
"What would you like, uh…"
"Daphne."
"What would you like Daphne?"
"I would like you to come back and give us night. The world is dying because it cannot rest. The crops are burning, the oceans are drying, and we are being cooked alive. Please, help us!"
"I can't do anything. Anthea is too strong for me. She is much older, and I haven't used my powers since Hades rebelled. I'm sorry, there's just nothing I can do."
Looking down into Daphne's sad face, she suddenly got an idea.
"Why didn't I think of this before! We could ask the council to do something about this!"
"What council?" asked Daphne.
"The council of Gods! And if she won't reason, then Zeus could appoint a new God of day!"
"I think that could work! Do you think I could come to?" asked Daphne.
"Why of course! You're the one who brought this up, and the mortals would need a say in this, even if you are a child." Said Calandra.