Helenas Story

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Helenas Story
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• Written by
• Erica P.
• Bob S.
• Amy W.
• Kevin M.

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• Once upon a time in Sparta there lived a helot
  named Helena. She lived with her step father,
  step sister, and step brother. The brother and
  sister were very cruel to Helena. The father was
  a very fat lazy man.

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• She had to do everything for them and she was
  miserable! One day a nice messenger named
  Hermes,came along with good news and bad news. He
  said,The wives of Generals died by a sneak
  attack from the Persians.

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• He also said, I have invitations for all the
  women, girls, and young ladies in the land. It
  was one of the rarest times that boys and girls
  danced together.

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• The step sister,Persephone, was so excited.
• Helena was excited too but she didnt show it,
  because she knew she couldnt go. Helena was
  very upset because she had to get everyone ready.
  She had to make their clothes from scratch. She
  also had to do their hair in hurry!

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• When they finally left, Helenas
  godmother,Hera,appeared. She was wearing a
  beautiful white gown. Also with her were other
  Gods named-Athena,Ares,Artemis,and Poseidon. Hera
  made the gown and the glass slippers. Athena and
  Ares will drive the carriage. After Artemis made
  the carriage out of an old pot from the kitchen.
  Poseidon made the horses,one was Pegasus.

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• As soon as her Godmother, came they were off to
  the ball. As soon as they got there a young
  general caught Helena by the eye. They danced all
  night till ten oclock when her dress turned back
  to her helot clothes.

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• She ran off. The next night the same thing
  happened but she left at eleven oclock. The
  third night was a little bit different. This
  time she fell in love!!! She also lost track of
  time and had to run out the door.

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• She lost her glove while running away. The
  general was very upset, he never even figured out
  her name.
• He noticed the glove was unusually small.
• So he got his best friend, Ulysses, to help
  find her. He searched high and low. He tried it
  on every womens hand. But none of the women had
  hands that small!

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• Finally,he got to the last house! He had almost
  lost all hope.
• But the step sister had already heard the
  general was coming to all the houses in the
  land,so she locked Helena up in the covered
  courtyard. There was a crack in the door and he
  saw something moving,so he knew there was at
  least one person in the house.

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• He went into the house and he asked Pluto, the
  father, if there were any women in the house.
  But of course he only mentioned his daughter.
  When she came in the room she tried on the glove,
  but it didnt fit.

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• He asked what was in the covered courtyard. The
  sister said Nothing at all,nothing at all.
  The general asked if he could check it out.
• When he got down there, he noticed there was a
  young lady sitting in the corner.

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• She tried the glove on and it fit! She was so
  happy,she could cry and so was he! After a
  couple minuets of silence,he finally got enough
  courage to ask her to marry him. That very
  day,they got married. They had some lovely
  children. A girl named Pero and a boy named
  Arcas. And so then on they lived happily ever
  after!

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• THE END

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia (Greece)
• Mr. Houles Notes
• Souli,Sofia, Greek mythology.Toubis, 1998
• http//members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html
• Martell,Hazel,Ancient Greeks.Peter Bedricks
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• Powell,Anton,Ancient Greece.Facts on File Inc.
  NY, 1989
• Lorerance and Wood, Ancient Greece. Penguin Books
  NY, 1992
• MacDonald,A Greek Temple, Peter Bedricks Books
  NY, 1992

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SPECIAL THANKS TO

• MRS. CLAYTON
• MR. HOULE
• LIBRARIANS