Typhon and the Winds of Destruction by Joan Holub

Author:Joan Holub
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

“Now!” Zeus whispered to Poseidon and Demeter. They crept out from under the pillow and gathered around the boy, who slowly sat up, looking dazed. His eyes widened in surprise when he saw the Olympians.

“Who are you? What do you do?” the rhyming boy demanded.

CHAPTER SEVEN

Apollo’s Tale

Long story,” Zeus said. “But don’t worry. We’re on your side. We’ll tell you more while we’re getting out of here. I mean, Typhon won’t sleep forever.” He nodded toward the napping giant.

“But I don’t understand,” the boy said. “Did Typhon capture you, too, while he was outside?”

“No, we came here on our own,” Zeus replied. “So you were captured by him?”

As they talked, they made their way across the enormous bed. Walking on the lumpy mattress was kind of like walking on quicksand, the way they sank down each time they took a step. But then they’d bob right up again. Poseidon flailed his arms, trying not to lose his balance as they moved.

“Captured by the Cronies,” the boy explained as they bobbed up and down. “My twin sister, Artemis, and I were out hunting with bows and arrows when they attacked us. They brought me to Typhon, but I’m not sure where they took my sister. I’m worried about her.”

Maybe they took her to King Cronus, and he swallowed her, just like he swallowed the five Olympians before us, Zeus thought. But then, why didn’t he swallow this boy? Isn’t he an Olympian too?

The boy looked so sad, and Demeter gave him a sympathetic smile.

“I’m Demeter, and this is Zeus and Poseidon,” she said. “What’s your name?”

“Apollo,” he answered.

Zzzzzzzzzz. Typhon snored again, and this time the wind knocked them all over. They landed flat on their backs, like turtles, with their arms and legs in the air. They struggled to steady themselves in the soft mattress so they could stand back up.

“So what’s with Typhon and this wind thing?” Zeus asked as he tried to sit up.

“Typhon’s partly giant and partly beast. He’s quite dangerous, to say the least,” Apollo replied in a singsong voice. Then he got more serious. “He has the power to create huge winds and storms.”

Zeus got to his feet first. He made his way to the corner of the bed and looked down at the post they had climbed up earlier.

“It might be harder to climb down this thing than it was to climb up it,” he said as the other three quickly reached him.

“What if we climb down the bedspread instead?” Demeter suggested. “It will be easy to grip, almost like climbing down a rope.”

Zeus nodded. “That makes sense.”

He grabbed onto the bedspread and slowly made his way over the side of the bed.

“This works great!” he called up to the rest. Poseidon started to climb down too. Apollo stashed his lyre in his sack so he could have both hands free.

Zzzzzzzzzz. Another whirlwind shot from Typhon’s nostrils and caused the hanging part of the bedspread to sway back and forth.

“Whoooaaaaa!” Zeus and Poseidon cried out, hanging on tightly.

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