once upon a time a long long time ago Zeus Poseidon and Hades were the three
sons of Cronus when Kronos retired the boys divided the world up between them
Zeus took the sky Poseidon took the sea and Hades ruled under the earth the home of the Dead
at first it was great fun but things had been just a bit slow for Zeus lately he could
turn himself into an octopus and visit his brother Poseidon under the sea but he didn't feel much like a swim
he could visit Hades under the earth but Hades was such a gloomy fellow
he could hurl Thunderbolts but it wasn't much fun without a target
he could call for his wife Hera but the truth was Zeus was a little frightened of his wife Hera
he could find a beautiful woman but he couldn't let Hera catch him his wife Hera was very very jealous
Zeus flew down to earth and looked around for something to do a glint on the river caught his eye
it was ayo a lovely River nymph what a lovely young woman Zeus said he promptly fell in love
hoping to hide himself from the eagle eye of his jealous wife Zeus covered the world with some really thick clouds
then he flew down to ayo but Hera was not stupid the thick coats of clouds made her suspicious immediately
Zeus looked up its Hera he gulped quickly Zeus changed ayo into a cow
when Hera landed all she found was an innocent-looking Zeus standing next to a little white cow
this little cow appeared out of nowhere he told his wife acting surprised Hara was not fooled
what a beautiful cow she gushed admiringly may I have it as a present not knowing what else to do Zeus had to agree
Hera sent the cow away under guard Zeus arranged for ayo to be rescued and set free
he sent his son apollo to sing the guard asleep when the guard closed his eyes ayo ran away
when Hera heard about it she sent a gadfly after ayo a gadfly is a fly that bites
moo-moo ayo screamed when the gadfly found her ayo swam across the sea hoping the gadfly would
drown on the trip but she wasn't lucky as the gadfly still followed her feeling very sorry
for herself a dispirited ayo traveled next to Egypt it was then that Hera decided that
ayo had suffered enough first she made Zeus promise that he would never see ayo again
then she changed ayo back into human form and left her in Egypt
back in Greece Zeus gave a big sigh for having such a narrow escape