" TGD smiled.
"And Ate certainly knew that! And I know Ate!"
"Thank you, lad. Never has my kingdom been so peaceful!" Zeus
was well pleased.
"Ah, sire, it is truly wonderful. Athena smiled at me! Oh, by
the way, the earrings. TGD says not to worry. Hera is wearing
them."
"Wearing them! No wonder she couldn't find them in her jewelry
box! I really must pay more attention to my wife.
"Oh, as for the postal department! I abolished it. Mercury is
now running the Celestial Parcel Service. Deliveries guaranteed
to reach destination before being dispatched! How's that for a
gimmick!"
15. Giver of Fire
Man weeps.
The beast of the fields ate of his flesh, and no where could he
hide. By day the pterodactyls swooped from the skies to take
their toll. By night the wolves, in vicious packs, invaded even
man's caves and carried off their prey.
Man weeps.
The sound was low, smothered by the wind.
But one heard.
Prometheus.
He took a brand from the fires of Olympus, laid it at the mouth
of the cave where man shivered in cold and fear. And the wolves
grew wary, approached not. And man maintained as sacred the fire
given to them by Prometheus. Priests and priestesses watched
without cessation that the fire should be fed. Let the flames
but flicker, and they stirred the ashes. Should the burning
brands be too few they replenished them. And should the flames
die they brought forth the bellows, blew life giving air on the
coals below, and the fire burned bright.
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