ELIZA

Once upon a time there was a young girl, named Eliza. She was the daughter of a king and so she never had to work. She became very lazy. She had her servants do everything for her.

            She called her servant when she was so thirsty. Immediately a servant picket the glass up from the table next to Eliza and held it up to her lips until Eliza was no longer thirsty.

            Then next day, Eliza was walking to dinner when her hat fell off, she called for a servant and a young man ran over, picked up the hat, dusted it off and placed it back on Eliza’s head.

            She continually called for her servants to do simple tasks for her. Her father notice for laziness and decided to punish her. He set her in a room with only a loom and some yarn. No servants were allowed in the room.

            Eliza called for her servants, but no one appeared. Then she remembered her father telling her about Athena. Athena is a goddess of wisdom and handicraft. She called for Athena over and over until finally she fell asleep.

            While she was sleeping, she had a dream. Hermes spoke to her in her dream. He said that Athena was very angry with Eliza and she would tell Eliza’s punishment.

            Eliza awoke very frightened. She then saw that there was an owl on the edge of her window.  The owl spoke to her. She said that she was Athena. She would make Eliza a lowly animal because she very laziness.

            Eliza would have to work constantly just to stay alive. People would look down at the digest. She would kill just because she was insignificant. All of her children would have the same face.

            Finally, Eliza worked for the rest of her life. All of her children have a same fate. They doomed to be ants for the rest of their lives.