The Cyclops

As my search for home continued my crew and I land on a island named Sicily- the island of the Cyclops. The Cyclops were one-eyed giants that were the size of trees who lived in the caves around the volcano know as Mount Etna. Some were peaceful shepherds, but some were evil and cruel here was the lack of food we had aboard, so I took a dozen of my best men to search for food. As we moved up the island we came upon a cave that was warm and toasty and had a prepared meal, after my men and I finished eating we stayed until the owner returned so we could thank who ever they were for the wonderful meal. But what we didn’t is that the cave and the food belonged to Ployphemus the nastiest Cyclops of them all he gave a bad name for his brothers. Ployphemus had returned and sealed my crew and I in the cave with a large boulder, then he reached for two of my men and ate them alive, then he picked up his cup of wine and got drunk and then fell asleep. As he was sleeping I had come up with a plan to escape, I took the olive branch he used to make his wine and sharpened it. When I finished the sharpening I had my men help me drive through his eye as we did he went crazy screaming at the top of his lungs. He moved to he bolder and pushed it out the way so he could call for help while Ployphemus was calling for he said Nobody blinded him that was the name I gave to him all apart of the plan, his brothers didn’t listen well cause he said nobody blinded him so my men and I snuck passed his legs to get out the cave and return to are ship. We had reached the ship and reunited with the rest of the crew to leave as I felt grate about the escape I yelled it is I Oddysseus who has blind you let this be a lesson to you, then as I was shouting and yelling Ployphemus picked up a bolder and herded it at my ship leaving some damage we knew we couldn’t sell long with this damage so we had to find some where quick to land.