Athena the Wise by Joan Holub; Suzanne Williams

Author:Joan Holub; Suzanne Williams
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2011-05-19T15:00:00+00:00

Battling the Birds

WHEN ATHENA AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING, the sun was already up. Well, she’d obviously missed meeting Heracles. It had to be at least nine o’clock. Good thing it was Sunday, or she’d be late for school as well! She glanced over at the empty bed across from hers. Pandora was probably at breakfast already. Athena hardly ever slept this late. Yesterday’s adventure with Heracles had really pooped her out, in more ways than one!

As she tugged a clean tangerine chiton over her head, she hoped she hadn’t been too cranky with him on the return trip to MOA yesterday. But honestly! Did he really think she’d say yes to his offer to “knock some sense” into Arachne? The girl was mortal, not some beast like that Hydra they’d trapped! She hoped Heracles would do okay without her this morning, but she wasn’t all that worried for him. How hard could scaring off a few birds be?

Sitting down at her desk, she reached for her Hero-ology textscroll to begin her homework. Her hero, Odysseus, was on his way home from the Trojan War, and things were getting interesting. Suddenly her window began to rattle noisily. It blew open, and a glittery breeze whooshed in, carrying a rolled-up piece of papyrus. “Art thou Theeny?” howled the breeze. “Most favorite daughter in all the world of Principal Zeus?”

Athena sighed. “Drop it here,” she said, holding her hands out to receive the papyrus message. There was certainly no mystery surrounding the sender! There was only one person who called her Theeny. Having made the delivery, the breeze whooshed back out the window.

Athena unrolled the piece of papyrus and began to read.

Dearest Theeny,

I trust all is going well with your “project” (wink, wink). Please come to my office asap to update me on your progress. As you know, I am counting on you—in a dozen (get it? wink, wink) ways—to succeed.

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