As we gather the ram, bull, and wild boar, Telemachus and I went to say farewell to my dearest Penelope and my two four-year-olds, my bright eyed daughters, Emily and Sophia. As we walked to to our home we saw the household gathered around, along with almost all of Ithaca. I spotted my Penelope with eyes of sorrow. I walked towards her as I realized that she believed that I would face the same fate of my last journey. “My dearest Penelope,” I told her. “I will not face the same fate. I’m doing this to appease the gods. After we have fulfilled the sacrifice Telemachus and I will return home.” “Oh Odysseus, what if you do face the same fate. I cannot bare to handle that again,” Penelope said with tears forming in the corner of eyes as if they were about to spill over and fill the sea with her tears. “I will come back my dear …show more content…
We gathered our food supply, along with our sacrifices, and the oar and headed towards the boat that would care us to the land people that know nothing of the sea. We went down to the shore and pushed off once we were all settled in the boat. I waved goodbye to my family that I am determined to see again even if I have to go through hell. A month into our journey we saw the mainland of Aetolia. As we pulled up to the shore we spotted an inlet that I believed would lead towards the people that would know nothing of the sea. As we pulled in we noticed a ripple through the water; we were running low on water so we cast the nets in hope of finding some food. After a few miles of dragging the nets, we started to be pulled back towards the opening of the inlet as if we had caught a monster of the sea in our net. The men helped pull the net out of the water. As we pulled out the net we saw Cetus, a fishlike serpent. We let go of the nets in hopes to free the serpent and be able to escape with an unharmed