Keep a Lid on It, Pandora!

Keep a Lid on It, Pandora! book cover
Guess who Yep it’s Hades back again to debunk another Greek myth Want to guess why I’m debunking The answer’s a four-letter word that starts with the letter Z If you guessed Zeus bingo My Underworld Dictionary defines bunk as claptrap or twaddle Check your own dictionary I’ll bet it says the same thing My little brother Zeus is the Boss of Bunk He’s so full of bunk he ought to sleep in a bunk bed When Zeus decided to redo The Big Fat Book of Greek Myths he bunked up the myths but good He threw out parts he didn’t like He made up new bits and stuck them in wherever he felt like it The big myth-o-maniac old Greek speak for big fat liar basically lied up a storm to make himself look like a powerful thunder god He heaped on the bunk so thick that now it’s impossible for you mortals to tell what really happened and what he just felt like tossing in Take the myth about Pandora You’ve heard the expression opening up a Pandora’s box The only reason anyone ever says that is because they’ve bought Zeus’s version of the myth hook line and sinker Here it is in black and white Go on Read it straight
Keep a Lid on It, Pandora!

Keep a Lid on It, Pandora!

The story about Pandora opening a box and releasing terrible evils into the world? Totally made up! Pandora couldn't have cared less about what was in that box. The one who was really dying to know was Zeus. Zeus gave Pandora a box alright. A box full of really nasty items. But disease? Pain? Greed? No way. Hades, King of the Underworld, reveals the true story behind the Pandora myth.

About This Book

By: Kate McMullan
Illustrated by: Denis Zilber
Published by: Stone Arch Books A Capstone Imprint
9-12Age Range
3.4 AR
123Pages
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & MythsSubject
480LLexile
3-4 hoursReading Time
LGuided Reading
LFountas & Pinnell
24DRA