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Snow Day In The snow seemed so tall like a blanket that covered our four acres completely. I always thought it was so beautiful to see how the snow covered the ground completely and topped the trees making our green pine trees stand out even more in color. My mom in the kitchen making " chocolate Abuelita" which is the hot chocolate she would make. We could never remember the name of the actual hot chocolate so we would call it that because it had a picture of an older woman on it hence the name "  chocolate Abuelita." The smell filled the house and my siblings and I waited for our warm mug filled with the hot chocolate. We all then decided to play games as a family. We all went into our living room and sat on our ugly green carpet and pulled out the game we were all competitive at; uno. My heart was so happy to have my family around me. As I kid I learned to appreciate all the moments we all shared together because my parents worked so much and my siblings were ...

 Odyssey: The Cyclops Defeated When dawn came, the cyclops did his morning tasks. He milked the goats and put the goats in order along with their young. When he finished his work he took another two men and ate them as breakfast. After his meal, he took his healthy flock out from the cave. He lifted the gigantic stone door as if it had no weight at all and put it back just as effortlessly leaving us trapped in his lair. As he left to the mountains whistling and guiding his flock. As we were sure he was leaving for the day we had to devise a plan to escape this murderous beast stomach and take vengeance to my follow comrades killed by this beast. I prayed for Athena to grant me a plan to escape the cyclops and inspiration struck me. The best escape seemed to be: Looking around to see what materials I could gather I saw the cyclops huge club laying next to the sheep pen. It was so big it could be the mast of a twenty-foot ship. I cut off a sixfoot length portion of the club. I ...