The Argonauts By Hannah Walker

The Argonauts By Hannah 

Once upon a time, there was a highly macho, manly hero/sailor named Jase, but, he wasn’t alone, he had ten immensely enormous crewman, The Argonauts.  They sailed the seven seas and more, altogether, they were the most loyal groupies any macho man could ask for. Did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. These crewmen usually had free will over what direction they went. And Jase usually was below deck, sleeping or eating, never paying attention to what was above deck. But today was different, and the Argonauts could sense it. It all started when Bob was nervously swiping the poop deck-and doing an awful job- when Captain Jase peered out of the scuttle. Bob was the rookie on the ship, and was known to be rather jumpy, and to top it all off, had never seen the captain, only heard dreadful of him. And Jase was a sight today, he had spent the last two months under, so he was a sickly gray color. He yelped in surprise, and that turned the head of Ferb. Ferb was the head sailor, inspecting Bob’s work, and jumped back in surprise when Bob yelped. He slipped on Bob’s abandoned sponge, and went sailing in the direction of Jase. He landed on the captain, who was now enraged. “Everybody!!!” he roared, “Meeting in captain’s quarters now!!!”  Confused, they all followed him down.

“We are going to see Phineas!!” he finally declared. Ferb, who had just politely closed the door behind him, fell through it. “What!?” he screeched. “Yes, this is non-negotiable, we are sailing ASAP.” Jase lazily answered. “But…” He continued, “No!” Jase, suddenly agitated, hollered. “All of you leave.” So away they went, more perplexed than ever before. As you can imagine, they didn’t just arrive there right then, it took them about, six weeks before they got there. They sailed peacefully, no one fought, died, or complained. All went well on their voyage, but all was not well across the great Aegean sea, where elderly king Phineas dwelled. For three years before, the mighty king of gods Zeus, had blinded Phineas, and cursed him; with three Harpies.-harpies were a horrific mixture of ugly old women and falcons- to steal his food whenever he tried to eat. Whenever the helpless king tried to eat, they would swoop down and violently attack his food, He hadn’t eaten in up to three weeks, and he was starving. 

So, when Jase, and the Argonauts arrived, they arrived prepared. They set traps. To everyone’s surprise, two of the Argonauts could fly, Ferb, and Bob. They were oddly the sons of the North Wind. They laid a feast for the starving king, and as planned for, the Harpies tried to swoop down and madly wolf down the dinner. But, the brother chased them away, far far away. So they could never attack the poor old man, every again. Extremely grateful, the king rewarded the Argonauts with his knowledge of the sea, and many ways to escape danger in even the most seemingly impossible situations. 

You Never Know Who You Hire.