Aphrodite & the Gold Apple by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

Author:Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2020-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

“M-maybe,” said the girl.

With that, Athena swooped down. Aphrodite grabbed her hand and was whisked high into the air.

“Whee! This is fun!” she exclaimed. And it was! Athena flew her once around the tree. All too soon they landed.

“See? Nothing to it,” Aphrodite told the girl. She wished the flight had been longer.

Finally the girl’s fear eased. “Okay. I’ll t-try it,” she told Athena.

Again, Athena flew up into the tree. The scaredy-girl hung her bow over one shoulder. Then she clasped Athena’s hand. Seconds later, they were safe on the ground.

“Thanks for the ride.” The scaredy-girl smiled at the others. “I’m Artemis.”

The three friends gave their names too. “If you let Oliver sniff your hand, he’ll know you’re a friend,” Athena told the girl.

After some hesitation, Artemis did just that. “Oh, look. He wagged his tail!” she said in delight. She even petted Oliver as Persephone went on holding him.

Just then Aphrodite remembered the girl’s arrow. She went to search around the tree’s roots for it. She figured Artemis might want it back. It was pretty dark here. But a little sunlight came through the trees. Enough to spot a gleam of silver in the grass.

“Gotcha!” she said, grabbing the arrow. “Hey, what’s this?” A round, shiny object also lay on the ground. She picked it up. It was a tiny apple no bigger than a walnut. And it was made of real gold. Huh?

It couldn’t have grown on the olive tree, could it? She looked upward. For a second she thought she saw a tiny blinking light among the tree’s branches.

“Hestia?” Aphrodite called out. But the light blinked off. Had she imagined it? She didn’t see any more apples on the tree. Or on the ground. So where had this tiny apple come from? Could it be magic?

“Aphrodite, what are you doing?” Athena called to her. “We need to get going if we hope to reach Sparkle City tonight!”

“Coming!” Aphrodite called out. She put the gold apple into her pocket. Then she joined the other three girls. “Here. I found this,” she said, handing the silver arrow to Artemis.

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