There was once a young man named Perseus. His mother was very beautiful.A evil king named Polydectes later stole Perseus 's mother and wanted to marry her. But the king knew if Perseus was still alive then he would not let her marry him. So the king thought of a plan to kill Perseus so he could marry the heroes mother. The Kings plan was to pretend he was marrying his sister so Perseus would have to give him a wedding present, but Perseus had no present and the king was very angry. Perseus was scared of the king so he demanded the king to wish anything and he would retrieve it for him. So the king demanded Medusas head for a present. Medusa had snakes instead of hair on her head and was a cruel monster for if anybody looked at her they would be turned into stone. Anyone who looked in Medusa 's orange eyes would instantly turn to stone. Perseus knew he needed help so he went to a wise magician. Perseus said "I have to get the face of Medusa on a plate" "What a silly boy" …show more content…
"Where will I find this stuff" asked Perseus the magician pointed at Mount Atlas."You need to go to Mount Atlas there will be three witches they all share one eye between them". The witch with the eye could see a young man "I see a young man" said a witch. Another witch hit the witch with the eye and says '"Give me the eye" screamed the witch. The witch gave the other witch the eye. Then suddenly Perseus quickly grabbed the eye "well go on then"said the witch"pass me it" " Who has it" the witch demanded. "I have" said Perseus and i will only give you the eye if you give me your helmet, sandals and a silver bag". The witches gave him the things and away Perseus flew. When he got to Medusa 's cave he drew his sword and charged . Perseus grabbed some angry snakes and with one blow of his sword he chopped Medusa 's head off. Quickly he put Medusa 's head into the silver bag. He hurried back to the King .He holded the head right in front of the King. Before he could speak he had turned into