a long long time ago far away above the clouds high up amongst the clouds of Mount Olympus
the gods lived in a Content and happy life away from the humans
they enjoyed all the pleasures of life while humans were suffering on earth
at times when the gods were bored they would play with the humans on earth as well
they thought it was good fun by keeping away the fire from people for many many years
people on earth could cook and warm themselves using the fire but without it they were suffering
Prometheus the son of Zeus was a kind and compassionate man who took pity on mankind
when he saw the sorry state of humans on earth without the fire he took pity on them
he requested his father to give fire to the humans but Zeus refused
so one night he stole the fire from Zeus and gave it to the people on earth
Zeus was very angry and ordered that Prometheus be chained to the side of a mountain to suffer there for all eternity
but that wasn't enough for Zeus he decided to punish him further and this time he decided to trick his son
the gods created a beautiful woman called Pandora and took her to prometheus
but Prometheus had his doubts he was afraid that the gods were trying him so he decided to ignore her
however his brother Epimetheus fell in love with the beautiful Pandora and decided to marry her
they got married and they lived happily together for many months
one day mercury the messenger of the gods arrived with a mysterious box
he asked Pandora and her husband to take care of it while he was away
before he left he warned them to never open the box
for days Pandora could not take her eyes off the box
all the time she wondered what was inside could it be full of shining jewels glittering robes or diamonds
whenever Epimetheus was away and no one was around Pandora would go near the box and run
her fingers over the polished wood and the golden clasp however one day she could bear it no longer
and her curiosity overcame her she crept up to the box and gently opened the clasp slowly lifting the lid
she peeked inside gods had filled the box with all kind of evils disease misery and
death swooped and bust out of the box stinging her Pandora screamed and screamed with pain and fear
Epimetheus heard her cries as he rode into the courtyard he ran to aid her taking her
into his arms and comforted her as the evils flew out of their house and spread across the land
it was then that Epithemeeus heard a tiny little voice calling from the box
let me out let me out believing that nothing inside the box could be worse than the
horrors that already got out he opened the lid once more all that remained was a tiny
crumpled butterfly shivering in the corner the beautiful butterfly was hope which mercury had
hidden amongst the evils taking pity on mankind slowly it unfolded its sparkling
wings and brushed them against Pandora healing her wounds ever since humans have been able to
hold on to this hope in order to survive the wickedness that Pandora had let out
of all but gods on Mount Olympus Hermes was the most playful he was the son of Zeus the king of
the gods and of Maya a titans daughter on the very day of his birth the fourth day of the
month this little boy started his mischiefs one night his mother had fallen asleep the little boy
opened his eyes which sparkled with that gleam of troublemakers find out of his basket and managed
to run all the way to Thessaly where his brother Apollo was Shepard in charge of a great herd of
white counts Apollo as usual was busy behind one of his romantic pursuits he neglected his duties
and was not watching over the herd Hermes had an idea the younger brother of Apollo decided
he would steal the cows he patted the cattles feet and made them walk backwards to confuse
the trail Apollo would never know which way to look for his missing cows Hermes was indeed
intelligent he laughed as he headed back toward Mount Olympus the cattle trailing behind him on
the way home Hermes spotted a tortoise shell that gave Hermes another idea he made his first liar
out of the tortoise shell and string then the little boy started playing the lyre the sound
the music of the first lyre was so beautiful that the clouds danced with joy and the trees trembled
Hermes knew he would charm all who heard it back home Hermes hid the cattle in a quiet Grove
pleased with his night's work Hermes hurried back to the house and crawled into his basket
where he pretended to be fast asleep Maya was not fooled she knew that her son somehow though
he was but a baby had been up to mischief she stood over him and watched as he pretended to
sleep and she could not help but smile at dawn Apollo stormed into the cave he went at once
to little Hermes basket and cried give me my cows Hermes looked up at him his eyes wide and
said but I'm just a baby I couldn't steal a cow Apollo was furious I'll punish you for this he
raged and Hermes leapt from his crib and began to run Apollo fast on his heels when the other
gods saw this sight they burst out laughing look at the great god Apollo chasing a baby
they laughed but Apollo cried this little boy is no ordinary creature he stolen my cows and then
Apollo raged to his father Zeus father he must return them to me tell him so now Seuss was not
pleased with the theft but even he could not help but smile at the mischief caused by this amazing
little lad still he wished his sons to love each other and so he commanded Hermes to return the
cows Hermes bowed his head before his father and said I will father to make amends Hermes
gave Apollo his lyre made of tortoiseshell and so the brothers came to love each other and from that
day on they often exchanged gifts and wisdom Zeus made him the herald of the gods placing upon his
Oh Golden Hat with wings upon his feet Hermes wore a pair of golden winged sandals as the years
passed Hermes became a favorite of all the gods and of men too for he often was the protector of
Heroes guiding many to safety and comfort but always with a gleam in this mischievous eyes